269 <br /> <br />Bound—a trouble— <br />And lives can bear it! <br />Limit—how deep a bleeding go! <br />So—many—drops—of vital scarlet— <br />Deal with the soul <br />As with Algebra! <br /> <br />Tell it the Ages—to a cypher— <br />And it will ache—contented—on— <br />Sing—at its pain—as any Workman— <br />Notching the fall of the Even Sun!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bound-mdash-a-trouble/
