Lyric Poem · Peace
If I'm lost—now
If I'm lost — now
That I was found —
Shall still my transport be —
That once — on me — those Jasper Gates
Blazed open — suddenly —
That in my awkward — gazing — face —
The Angels — softly peered —
And touched me with their fleeces,
Almost as if they cared —
I'm banished — now — you know it —
How foreign that can be —
You'll know — Sir — when the Savior's face
Turns so — away from you —
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“If I'm lost—now” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/if-im-lost-now
Quick facts
- Poem
- If I'm lost—now
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 13 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Peace
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 13 lines · 2 stanzas of 5–8 lines
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBIf I'm lost—now by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 f41a8c0d36b01eec…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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