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Dickinson's 'Twas Like a Maelstrom, with a Notch.(Emily Dickinson)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 20060101
Author:Ganze, Alison L.

 
    'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch. 
    That nearer, every Day, 
    Kept narrowing its boiling Wheel 
    Until the Agony 
 
    Toyed coolly with the final inch 
    Of your delirious Hem-- 
    And you dropt, lost, 
    When something broke-- 
    And let you from a Dream-- 
 
    As if a Goblin with a Gauge-- 
    Kept measuring the Hours-- 
    Unil you felt your Second 
    Weigh, helpless, in his Paws-- 
 
    And not a Sinew--stirred--could help, 
    And sense was setting numb-- 
    When God--remembered--and the Fiend 
    Let go, then, Overcome-- 
 
    As if your ...

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