273 <br /> <br />He put the Belt around my life <br />I heard the Buckle snap— <br />And turned away, imperial, <br />My Lifetime folding up— <br />Deliberate, as a Duke would do <br />A Kingdom's Title Deed— <br />Henceforth, a Dedicated sort— <br />A Member of the Cloud. <br /> <br />Yet not too far to come at call— <br />And do the little Toils <br />That make the Circuit of the Rest— <br />And deal occasional smiles <br />To lives that stoop to notice mine— <br />And kindly ask it in— <br />Whose invitation, know you not <br />For Whom I must decline?<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/he-put-the-belt-around-my-life/
