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Dickinson, Emily - I rose because it sank
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Emily Dickinson – from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I rose because he sank
I thought it would be opposite
But when his power dropped
My soul grew straight
I cheered my fainting Prince
I sang firm - even chants
I helped his film with hymn
And when the dews drew off
That held his forehead stiff
I met him
Balm to balm
I told him best must pass
Through this low arch of flesh
No casque so brave
It spurns the grave
I told him worlds I knew
Where emperors grew
Who recollected u
If we were true
And so with thews of hymn
And sinew from within
And ways I knew not that I knew till then
I lifted him.