To lose one's faith surpasses

To lose one's faith surpasses
  The loss of an estate,
Because estates can be
  Replenished, — faith cannot.

Inherited with life,
  Belief but once can be;
Annihilate a single clause,
  And Being's beggary.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series

Tags:

Any corrections or public domain poems I should have here? Email me at poems (at) this domain.