by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Of Course – I prayed –
Language: English
Of Course – I prayed – And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird – had stamped her foot – And cried ‘Give Me’ – My Reason – Life – I had not had – but for Yourself – ’Twere better Charity To leave me in the Atom’s Tomb – Merry, and nought, and gay, an numb – Than this smart Misery.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Wohl bete ich", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 68