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My Faith is larger than the Hills

by Emily Dickinson

My Faith is larger than the Hills —

So when the Hills decay —

My Faith must take the Purple Wheel

To show the Sun the way —

'Tis first He steps upon the Vane —

And then — upon the Hill —

And then abroad the World He go

To do His Golden Will —

And if His Yellow feet should miss —

The Bird would not arise —

The Flowers would slumber on their Stems —

No Bells have Paradise —

How dare I, therefore, stint a faith

On which so vast depends —

Lest Firmament should fail for me —

The Rivet in the Bands

This poem is in the public domain.

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