"Heart! We Will Forget Him" by Emily Dickinson

                                                                                                  

HEART, we will forget him!

You and I, tonight!

You may forget the warmth he gave,

I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,

 

                                                                                                      That I my thoughts may dim;

                                                                                                      Haste! lest while you're lagging. 

                                                                                                          I may remember him

 

                                                                                                            

Vocabulary  @  http://www.thefreedictionary.com

1. pray  (pr)

    v. prayed, pray·ing, prays

To make a devout or earnest request for: I pray your permission to speak.

2.  dim  (dm)

   adj. dim·mer, dim·mest

1. a. Lacking in brightness: a dim room.

    b. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint: a dim lightbulb.

2. Lacking luster; dull and subdued.

3. a. Faintly outlined; indistinct: a dim figure in the distance.

b. Obscure to the mind or the senses: a dim recollection of the   accident.

3. ‘lest  (lst)

     conj.

For fear that: tiptoed lest the guard should hear her; anxious lest he      become ill.

4. haste  (hst)

n.

1. Rapidity of action or motion.

2. Overeagerness to act.1

3. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness.

intr. & tr.v. hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes

To hasten or cause to hasten.

Idiom:

make haste

To move or act swiftly; hurry.

5.  lag 1  (lg)

        v. lagged, lag·ging, lags

v.intr.

1. To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.

2. To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: The electric current lags behind the voltage.

3. To fail, weaken, or slacken gradually; flag.

EMILY DICKINSON HEART WE WILL   FORGET   HIM   LAGGING   HASTE   DIM