Friday, April 22, 2005
Down stream
There are days...
Down Time’s quaint stream
Without an oar
We are enforced to sail
Our Port—a secret— Our Perchance—a gale.
What Skipper would Incur the risk
What Buccaneer would ride
Without a surety from the wind
Or schedule of the tide?
Emily Dickinson (1830–'86).
Complete Poems - 1924
Part Five: The Single Hound XXIX ¶ Friday, April 22, 2005
Down Time’s quaint stream
Without an oar
We are enforced to sail
Our Port—a secret— Our Perchance—a gale.
What Skipper would Incur the risk
What Buccaneer would ride
Without a surety from the wind
Or schedule of the tide?
Emily Dickinson (1830–'86).
Complete Poems - 1924
Part Five: The Single Hound XXIX ¶ Friday, April 22, 2005
