359 <br /> <br />I gained it so— <br />By Climbing slow— <br />By Catching at the Twigs that grow <br />Between the Bliss—and me— <br />It hung so high <br />As well the Sky <br />Attempt by Strategy— <br /> <br />I said I gained it— <br />This—was all— <br />Look, how I clutch it <br />Lest it fall— <br />And I a Pauper go— <br />Unfitted by an instant's Grace <br />For the Contented—Beggar's face <br />I wore—an hour ago—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-gained-it-so/
