She rose to his requirement, dropped <br />The playthings of her life <br />To take the honorable work <br />Of woman and of wife. <br /> <br />If aught she missed in her new day <br />Of amplitude, or awe, <br />Or first prospective, or the gold <br />In using wore away, <br /> <br />It lay unmentioned, as the sea <br />Develops pearl and weed, <br />But only to himself is known <br />The fathoms they abide.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-rose-to-his-requirement-dropped/
