There is no Frigate like a Book

by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) English

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry—
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without opress of Toll—
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears the Human soul

Source: Wikisource

Get a poem on every new tab – PoemLake for Chrome

More poems by Emily Dickinson

All poems by Emily Dickinson → · More English poems →