Lyric Poem · Nature
She rose as high as His Occasion
She rose as high as His Occasion
Then sought the Dust —
And lower lay in low Westminster
For Her brief Crest —
This poem is in the public domain.
“She rose as high as His Occasion” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/she-rose-as-high-as-his-occasion
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