I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me — Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me — Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me — Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me — Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me — Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
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I never spoke — unless addressed —And then, 'twas brief and low —I could not bear to live — aloud —The Racket shamed me so —And if it had not been so far —And any one I knewWere going — I had often thoughtHow noteless — I could die —

— Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems
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