876 <br /> <br />It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone <br />Enclosed 'twas not of Rail <br />A Consciousness its Acre, and <br />It held a Human Soul. <br /> <br />Entombed by whom, for what offence <br />If Home or Foreign born— <br />Had I the curiosity <br />'Twere not appeased of men <br /> <br />Till Resurrection, I must guess <br />Denied the small desire <br />A Rose upon its Ridge to sow <br />Or take away a Briar.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-was-a-grave-yet-bore-no-stone/
