756 <br /> <br />One Blessing had I than the rest <br />So larger to my Eyes <br />That I stopped gauging—satisfied— <br />For this enchanted size— <br /> <br />It was the limit of my Dream— <br />The focus of my Prayer— <br />A perfect—paralyzing Bliss— <br />Contented as Despair— <br /> <br />I knew no more of Want—or Cold— <br />Phantasms both become <br />For this new Value in the Soul— <br />Supremest Earthly Sum— <br /> <br />The Heaven below the Heaven above— <br />Obscured with ruddier Blue— <br />Life's Latitudes leant over—full— <br />The Judgment perished—too— <br /> <br />Why Bliss so scantily disburse— <br />Why Paradise defer— <br />Why Floods be served to Us—in Bowls— <br />I speculate no more—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-blessing-had-i-than-the-rest/
