by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Lost faith
Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
To lose one’s faith surpasses 
  The loss of an estate,
Because estates can be
  Replenished, — faith cannot.

Inherited with life,
  Belief but once can be;
Annihilate a single clause,
  And Being’s beggary.

Confirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.


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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-29
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Word count: 33