728 <br /> <br />Let Us play Yesterday— <br />I—the Girl at school— <br />You—and Eternity—the <br />Untold Tale— <br /> <br />Easing my famine <br />At my Lexicon— <br />Logarithm—had I—for Drink— <br />'Twas a dry Wine— <br /> <br />Somewhat different—must be— <br />Dreams tint the Sleep— <br />Cunning Reds of Morning <br />Make the Blind—leap— <br /> <br />Still at the Egg-life— <br />Chafing the Shell— <br />When you troubled the Ellipse— <br />And the Bird fell— <br /> <br />Manacles be dim—they say— <br />To the new Free— <br />Liberty—Commoner— <br />Never could—to me— <br /> <br />'Twas my last gratitude <br />When I slept—at night— <br />'Twas the first Miracle <br />Let in—with Light— <br /> <br />Can the Lark resume the Shell— <br />Easier—for the Sky— <br />Wouldn't Bonds hurt more <br />Than Yesterday? <br /> <br />Wouldn't Dungeons sorer frate <br />On the Man—free— <br />Just long enough to taste— <br />Then—doomed new— <br /> <br />God of the Manacle <br />As of the Free— <br />Take not my Liberty <br />Away from Me—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-us-play-yesterday/
