The hallowing of Pain
by Emily DickinsonOriginal Language English
The hallowing of Pain
Like hallowing of Heaven,
Obtains at corporeal cost --
The Summit is not given
To Him who strives severe
At middle of the Hill --
But He who has achieved the Top --
All -- is the price of All --
-- from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Thomas H. Johnson |
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