I reckon -- when I count it all -- by Emily Dickinson
I reckon -- when I count it all -- First -- Poets -- Then the Sun -- Then Summer -- Then the Heaven of God -- And then -- the List is done --
But, looking back -- the First so seems To Comprehend the Whole -- The Others look a needless Show -- So I write -- Poets -- All --
Their Summer -- lasts a Solid Year -- They can afford a Sun The East -- would deem extravagant -- And if the Further Heaven --
Be Beautiful as they prepare For Those who worship Them -- It is too difficult a Grace -- To justify the Dream --
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