Poems (Dickinson)/I never lost as much but twice

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Poems (1890)
by Emily Dickinson
I never lost as much but twice
5062Poems — I never lost as much but twice1890Emily Dickinson

XL.

I never lost as much but twice,
And that was in the sod;
Twice have I stood a beggar
Before the door of God!

Angels, twice descending,
Reimbursed my store.
Burglar, banker, father,
I am poor once more!