376 <br /> <br />Of Course—I prayed— <br />And did God Care? <br />He cared as much as on the Air <br />A Bird—had stamped her foot— <br />And cried "Give Me"— <br />My Reason—Life— <br />I had not had—but for Yourself— <br />'Twere better Charity <br />To leave me in the Atom's Tomb— <br />Merry, and Nought, and gay, and numb— <br />Than this smart Misery.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/of-course-i-prayed/
