Found Wanting

by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) English

Belshazzar had a letter,—
He never had but one;
Belshazzar’s correspondent
Concluded and begun
In that immortal copy
The conscience of us all
Can read without its glasses
On revelation’s wall.

Source: Bartleby.com (archived copy)

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