Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, CompleteDickinson, Emily
poetry · Item 329
A reason to turn the page
Losing faith leaves you poorer than any estate—what single clause could bankrupt your belief?
Discovery 5 of 15XXXVI.
LOST FAITH.
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.