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The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for

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The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for by Emily Dickinson

 The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude --
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
And stood amazed before the Change
In ravished Holiness --

Form: Lyric

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