The way Hope builds his House
It is not with a sill --
Nor Rafter -- has that Edifice
But only Pinnacle --
Abode in as supreme
This superficies
As if it were of Ledges smit
Or mortised with the Laws --
Classic poem
The way Hope builds his House
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- The way Hope builds his House
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- hope, choice
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