A Tongue -- to tell Him I am true! by Emily Dickinson
A Tongue -- to tell Him I am true! Its fee -- to be of Gold -- Had Nature -- in Her monstrous House A single Ragged Child --
To earn a Mine -- would run That Interdicted Way, And tell Him -- Charge thee speak it plain -- That so far -- Truth is True?
And answer What I do -- Beginning with the Day That Night -- begun -- Nay -- Midnight -- 'twas -- Since Midnight -- happened -- say --
If once more -- Pardon -- Boy -- The Magnitude thou may Enlarge my Message -- If too vast Another Lad -- help thee --
Thy Pay -- in Diamonds -- be -- And His -- in solid Gold -- Say Rubies -- if He hesitate -- My Message -- must be told --
Say -- last I said -- was This -- That when the Hills -- come down -- And hold no higher than the Plain -- My Bond -- have just begun --
And when the Heavens -- disband -- And Deity conclude -- Then -- look for me. Be sure you say -- Least Figure -- on the Road --
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