345 <br /> <br />Funny—to be a Century— <br />And see the People—going by— <br />I—should die of the Oddity— <br />But then—I'm not so staid—as He— <br /> <br />He keeps His Secrets safely—very— <br />Were He to tell—extremely sorry <br />This Bashful Globe of Ours would be— <br />So dainty of Publicity—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/funny-to-be-a-century/
