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It dropped so low in my regard

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

It dropped so low in my regard
  I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
  At bottom of my mind;

Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less
  Than I reviled myself
For entertaining plated wares
  Upon my silver shelf.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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