This fair-copy poem-draft, composed around 1882 (RWF) or 1884 (THJ), was found
among Dickinson's papers after her death. After copying the poem, Dickinson marked
the first two lines for transposition. For a variant rough-copy draft of this
poem, see A 332; for related fragments, see A 636a. Dickinson may have jotted down the fragments
on the envelope while working on the rough-copy draft of the poem.
< a333.txt.1; poem >
2 No Life can 1 pompless pass away - The
lowliest career To the same Pageant wends its way As
that Exalted here -
How cordial
is the Mystery!
The hospitable Pall
<second leaf (A 333a)> A "this way" beckons spaciously -
A
Miracle for all!