Just once! Oh, least request!
Could Adamant refuse
So small a grace
So scanty put—
Such agonizing terms?
Would not a God of Flint
Be conscious of a sigh
As down His Heaven
Dropt, remote,
“Just once! Sweet Deity?”
Read all of Emily Dickinson's poems · About Emily Dickinson
More by Emily Dickinson
Write poetry? Submit your poem to Poetry Catalog