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 We knew not that we were to live -- by Emily Dickinson
We knew not that we were to live --
Nor when -- we are to die -- Our ignorance -- our cuirass is -- We wear Mortality As lightly as an Option Gown Till asked to take it off -- By his intrusion, God is known -- It is the same with Life -- |
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