Heart not so heavy as mine
Language:
English
[Heart, wending late home,
As it passed my window
Whistled itself a tune,
Not so heavy as mine,
Whistled itself a tune,]1
[ A careless snatch, a ballad,
A ditty of the street; ]2
Yet to my [irritated]2 ear
An anodyne so sweet,
It was as if a bobolink,
[ Sauntering this way,]2
Carolled and mused and carolled,
Then bubbled slowly away.
It was as if a chirping brook
Upon a toilsome way,
[Was]3 set bleeding feet to minuets,
Without the knowing why.
[Heart not so heavy,]3
Tomorrow, night will come again,
Weary, perhaps, and sore.
Ah, bugle, by my window,
I pray you stroll once more!
1 Dickinson: "Heart not so heavy as mine, / Wending late home / As it passed my window / Whistled itself a tune"
2 omitted by Carter.
3 added by Carter.
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Date added to the website: 2003-10-12.
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