My Heart ran so to thee

Read 'My Heart ran so to thee' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

My Heart ran so to thee by Emily Dickinson

 My Heart ran so to thee
It would not wait for me
And I affronted grew
And drew away

For whatsoe'er my pace
He first achieve they Face
How general a Grace
Allotted two --

Not in malignity
Mentioned I this to thee --
Had he obliquity
Soonest to share
But for the Greed of him --
Boasting my Premium --
Basking in Bethleem
Ere I be there --

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