Dickinson, Emily: It is easy to work when the soul is at play — 244

It is easy to work when the soul is at play —
But when the soul is in pain —
The hearing him put his playthings up
Makes work difficult — then —

It is simple, to ache in the Bone, or the Rind —
But Gimlets — among the nerve —
Mangle daintier — terribler —
Like a Panter in the Glove —

(Thomas H. Johnson E.D. complete: "Panther")