Lyric Poem · Life
Expanse cannot be lost
Expanse cannot be lost —
Not Joy, but a Decree
Is Deity —
His Scene, Infinity —
Whose rumor's Gate was shut so tight
Before my Beam was sown,
Not even a Prognostic's push
Could make a Dent thereon —
The World that thou hast opened
Shuts for thee,
But not alone,
We all have followed thee —
Escape more slowly
To thy Tracts of Sheen —
The Tent is listening,
But the Troops are gone!
This poem is in the public domain.
“Expanse cannot be lost” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/expanse-cannot-be-lost
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