Poems by Emily Dickinson: LI ("A modest lot")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
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LII

LI

A modest lot, a fame petite,
A brief campaign of sting and sweet
Is plenty! Is enough!
A sailor's business is the shore,
A soldier's — balls. Who asketh more
Must seek the neighboring life!
 
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