Poems: Third Series (Dickinson)/Real Riches

by Emily Dickinson

 

I.

LIFE

POEMS.

 

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I.

REAL RICHES.

'TIS little I could care for pearls
Who own the ample sea;
Or brooches, when the Emperor
With rubies pelteth me;

Or gold, who am the Prince of Mines;
Or diamonds, when I see
A diadem to fit a dome
Continual crowning me.