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" It dropped so low in my regard
I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
At bottom of my mind;

Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less
Than I reviled myself
For entertaining plated wares
Upon my silver shelf. "

Emily Dickinson , Selected Poems


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Emily Dickinson quote : It dropped so low in my regard<br />I heard it hit the ground,<br />And go to pieces on the stones<br />At bottom of my mind;<br /><br />Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less<br />Than I reviled myself<br />For entertaining plated wares<br />Upon my silver shelf.