I tie my hat - I crease my shawl

I tie my Hat - I crease my Shawl -
Life's little duties do - pre - cisely[^a1] -
As the very least
Were infinite - to me -

[^a1: pre - cisely | precisely]

I put new Blossoms in the Glass -
And throw the Old - away -
I push a petal from my Gown
That anchored there - I weigh
The time 'twill be till six o'clock -
So much I have to do -
And yet - existence - some way back -
Stopped - struck - my ticking - through -

We cannot put Ourself away
As a completed Man
Or Woman - When the er - rand's[^a2] done
We came to Flesh - opon -
There may be - Miles on Miles of Nought -
Of Action - sicker far -
To simulate - is stinging work -
To cover what we are
From Science - and from Surgery -
Too Telescopic eyes
To bear on us unshaded -
For their - sake - Not for Our's -

[^a2: er - rand's | errand's]

Therefore - we do life's labor -
Though life's Reward - be done -
With scrupulous exactness -
To hold our Senses - on -