To make Routine a Stimulus 1
Remember it can cease-
Capacity to Terminate
Is a Specific Grace-
Of Retrospect the Arrow 5
That power to repair
Departed with the Torment
Become, alas, more fair-
Remember it can cease-
Capacity to Terminate
Is a Specific Grace-
Of Retrospect the Arrow 5
That power to repair
Departed with the Torment
Become, alas, more fair-
(F.1238/J.1196)
[1] Routine:: Dickinson's habitual work of writing.
[2] it can cease:: the writing can pause.
[3, 4] terminate, Grace:: to pause, a graceful power in writing.
[3] Specific:: specially or exclusively efficacious for, or acting upon, a particular ailment or part of the body (OED 3a).
[5] Arrow:: an arrow mark to note a place for editing.
[6] repair:: to repair her poems.
[7, 8] torment, fair:: the pain was gone when she saw the result.