Emily Dickinson - Letter 251 (early 1862 - Franklin: June 1861) Samuel Bowles lyrics

Dear friend If you doubted my Snow - for a moment - you never will - again - I know - Because I could not say it - I fixed it in the Verse - for you to read - when your thought wavers, for such a foot as mine - Through the strait pa** of suffering - The Martyrs - even - trod. Their feet - upon Temptation - Their faces - upon God - A stately - shriven - Company - Convulsion - playing round - Harmless - as streaks of meteor - Upon a Planet's Bond - Their faith - the everlasting troth - Their expectation - fair - The Needle - to the North Degree - Wades - so - thro' polar Air!