Poems: Second Series (Dickinson)/Epitaph

by Emily Dickinson

For works with similar titles, see Epitaph.

POEMS. 185

IV.

EPITAPH.

STEP lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows
Is not so ample as the breast
These emerald seams enclose.

Step lofty; for this name is told
As far as cannon dwell,
Or flag subsist, or fame export
Her deathless syllable.