"I want"—it pleaded—All its life—
I want—was chief it said
When Skill entreated it—the last—
And when so newly dead—
I could not deem it late—to hear
That single—steadfast sigh—
The lips had placed as with a "Please"
Toward Eternity—
Emily Dickinson
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-want-it-pleaded-all-its-life/
