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Above Oblivions Tide there is a Pier

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Above Oblivions Tide there is a Pier by Emily Dickinson

 Above Oblivion's Tide there is a Pier
And an effaceless "Few" are lifted there --
Nay -- lift themselves -- Fame has no Arms --
And but one smile -- that meagres Balms --

Form: Quatrain

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