Poems by Emily Dickinson: XII ("I asked no other thing")

Updated August 22, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

by Emily Dickinson

XI
Exclusion

XII

I asked no other thing—

No other—was denied—

I offered Being—for it—

The Mighty Merchant sneered—

 

Brazil? He twirled a Button—

Without a glance my way—

"But—Madam—is there nothing else—

That We can show—Today?"

 
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