160 <br /> <br />Just lost, when I was saved! <br />Just felt the world go by! <br />Just girt me for the onset with Eternity, <br />When breath blew back, <br />And on the other side <br />I heard recede the disappointed tide! <br /> <br />Therefore, as One returned, I feel <br />Odd secrets of the line to tell! <br />Some Sailor, skirting foreign shores— <br />Some pale Reporter, from the awful doors <br />Before the Seal! <br /> <br />Next time, to stay! <br />Next time, the things to see <br />By Ear unheard, <br />Unscrutinized by Eye— <br /> <br />Next time, to tarry, <br />While the Ages steal— <br />Slow tramp the Centuries, <br />And the Cycles wheel!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-lost-when-i-was-saved/
