If Ever the Lid Gets Off my Head, por Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

If Ever the Lid Gets Off my Head

If ever the lid gets off my head

And lets the brain away

The fellow will go where he belonged -

Without a hint from me,

And the world– if the world be looking on –

Will see how far from home

It is possible for sense to live

The soul there - all the time.

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