39 <br /> <br />It did not surprise me— <br />So I said—or thought— <br />She will stir her pinions <br />And the nest forgot, <br /> <br />Traverse broader forests— <br />Build in gayer boughs, <br />Breathe in Ear more modern <br />God's old fashioned vows— <br /> <br />This was but a Birdling— <br />What and if it be <br />One within my bosom <br />Had departed me? <br /> <br />This was but a story— <br />What and if indeed <br />There were just such coffin <br />In the heart instead?<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-did-not-surprise-me/
