Further Poems of Emily Dickinson/Had I presumed to hope.
HAD I presumed to hope.
The loss had been to me
A value for the Greatness'
Sake,
As giants gone away.
The loss had been to me
A value for the Greatness'
Sake,
As giants gone away.
Had I presumed to gain
A favor so remote,
The failure but confirm the
Grace
In further Infinite.
A favor so remote,
The failure but confirm the
Grace
In further Infinite.
'Tis failure not of Hope
But diligent Despair
Advancing on celestial lists
With faint terrestrial power—
But diligent Despair
Advancing on celestial lists
With faint terrestrial power—
'Tis Honor—though I die
For that no man obtain
Till he be justified by Death—
This is the second gain!
For that no man obtain
Till he be justified by Death—
This is the second gain!