“They have not chosen me,” he said,
“But I have chosen them!”
Brave — Broken hearted statement —
Uttered in Bethlehem!
I could not have told it,
But since Jesus dared —
Sovereign! Know a Daisy
They dishonor shared!
(Emily Dickinson)
More Poetry from Emily Dickinson:
- Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Sic transit gloria mundi (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- I cannot live with You (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- The Wind begun to knead the Grass (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- One Year ago-jots what? (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Your Riches - taugh (Emily Dickinson Poems)