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 flung it -- less
Than I denounced Myself,
For entertaining Plated Wares
Upon My Silver Shelf --
Emily Dickinson
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-dropped-so-low-in-my-regard-2/
