Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I GAINED IT SO, by EMILY DICKINSON


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Last Line: I wore — an hour ago 
Subject(s): Mountain Climbing


I gained it so -
By Climbing slow -
By Catching at the Twigs that grow
Between the Bliss - and me -
It hung so high
As well the Sky
Attempt by Strategy -

I said I gained it -
This - was all -
Look, how I clutch it
Lest it fall -
And I a Pauper go -
Unfitted by an instant's Grace
For the Contented - Beggar's face
I wore - an hour ago




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