902 <br /> <br />The first Day that I was a Life <br />I recollect it—How still— <br />That last Day that I was a Life <br />I recollect it—as well— <br /> <br />'Twas stiller—though the first <br />Was still— <br />"Twas empty—but the first <br />Was full— <br /> <br />This—was my finallest Occasion— <br />But then <br />My tenderer Experiment <br />Toward Men— <br /> <br />"Which choose I"? <br />That—I cannot say— <br />"Which choose They"? <br />Question Memory!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-first-day-that-i-was-a-life/
