Heart, Not So Heavy as Mine, by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Heart, Not So Heavy as Mine

Heart, not so heavy as mine

Wending late home—

As it passed my window

Whistled itself a tune—

A careless snatch—a ballad—A ditty of the street—

Yet to my irritated Ear

An Anodyne so sweet—

It was as if a Bobolink

Sauntering this way

Carolled, and paused, and carolled—

Then bubbled slow away!

It was as if a chirping brook

Upon a dusty way—

Set bleeding feet to minuets

Without the knowing why!

Tomorrow, night will come again—

Perhaps, weary and sore—

Ah Bugle! By my window

I pray you pass once more.

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Heart, Not So Heavy as Mine

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