356 <br /> <br />The Day that I was crowned <br />Was like the other Days— <br />Until the Coronation came— <br />And then—'twas Otherwise— <br /> <br />As Carbon in the Coal <br />And Carbon in the Gem <br />Are One—and yet the former <br />Were dull for Diadem— <br /> <br />I rose, and all was plain— <br />But when the Day declined <br />Myself and It, in Majesty <br />Were equally—adorned— <br /> <br />The Grace that I—was chose— <br />To Me—surpassed the Crown <br />That was the Witness for the Grace— <br />'Twas even that 'twas Mine—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-day-that-i-was-crowned/
