Hello and welcome to Well Versed: Learn English through Poetry.For a full transcription, go to wellversedpoetrypod.wordpress.comOur poem today is by Emily Dickinson, "I started Early - Took my Dog"

I started Early – Took my Dog –And visited the Sea –The Mermaids in the BasementCame out to look at me –

And Frigates – in the Upper FloorExtended Hempen Hands –Presuming Me to be a Mouse –Aground – opon the Sands –

But no Man moved Me – till the TideWent past my simple Shoe –And past my Apron – and my BeltAnd past my Boddice – too –

And made as He would eat me up –As wholly as a DewOpon a Dandelion's Sleeve –And then – I started – too –

And He – He followed – close behind –I felt His Silver HeelOpon my Ancle – Then My ShoesWould overflow with Pearl –

Until We met the Solid Town –No One He seemed to know –And bowing – with a Mighty look –At me – The Sea withdrew –