768 <br /> <br />When I hoped, I recollect <br />Just the place I stood— <br />At a Window facing West— <br />Roughest Air—was good— <br /> <br />Not a Sleet could bite me— <br />Not a frost could cool— <br />Hope it was that kept me warm— <br />Not Merino shawl— <br /> <br />When I feared—I recollect <br />Just the Day it was— <br />Worlds were lying out to Sun— <br />Yet how Nature froze— <br /> <br />Icicles upon my soul <br />Prickled Blue and Cool— <br />Bird went praising everywhere— <br />Only Me—was still— <br /> <br />And the Day that I despaired— <br />This—if I forget <br />Nature will—that it be Night <br />After Sun has set— <br />Darkness intersect her face— <br />And put out her eye— <br />Nature hesitate—before <br />Memory and I—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-hoped-i-recollect/
