Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I MEANT TO HAVE BUT MODEST NEEDS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: All swindlers — be — infer Subject(s): Prayer; Life | ||||||||
I meant to have but modest needs - Such as Content - and Heaven - Within my income - these could lie And Life and I - keep even - But since the last - included both - It would suffice my Prayer But just for One - to stipulate - And Grace would grant the Pair - And so - upon this wise - I prayed - Great Spirit - Give to me A Heaven not so large as Yours, But large enough - for me - A Smile suffused Jehovah's face - The Cherubim - withdrew - Grave Saints stole out to look at me - And showed their dimples - too - I left the Place, with all my might - I threw my Prayer away - The Quiet Ages picked it up - And Judgment - twinkled - too - Tat one so honest - be extant - It take the Tale for true - That "Whatsoever Ye shall ask - Itself be given You" - But I, grown shrewder - scan the Skies With a suspicious Air - As Children - swindled for the first All Swindlers - be - infer | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW |
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