Life LIX. I took my power in my hand, di Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Life LIX. I took my power in my hand

Part One: Life

LIX

I TOOK my power in my hand

And went against the world;

’T was not so much as David had,

But I was twice as bold.

I aimed my pebble, but myself

Was all the one that fell.

Was it Goliath was too large,

Or only I too small?

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