Poem‘Twas the old — road — through pain
Author / PoetEmily Dickinson
TagsHeaven, Pain, Road

‘Twas the old — road — through pain —
That unfrequented — one —
With many a turn — and thorn —
That stops — at Heaven —

This — was the Town — she passed —
There — where she — rested — last —
Then — stepped more fast —
The little tracks — close prest —
Then — not so swift —
Slow — slow — as feet did weary — grow —
Then — stopped — no other track!

Wait! Look! Her little Book —
The leaf — at love — turned back —
Her very Hat —
And this worn shoe just fits the track —
Herself — though — fled!

Another bed — a short one —
Women make — tonight —
In Chambers bright —
Too out of sight — though —
For our hoarse Good Night —
To touch her Head!

Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
10 Dec 1830 - 15 May 1886
Region: Central America
Period: Victorian
Movement: Romanticism

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