Poems — Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Mabel Loomis Todd
Like Mighty Footlights Burned the Red
Like mighty footlights burned the red At bases of the trees, — The far theatricals of day Exhibiting to these.
'T was universe that did applaud While, chiefest of the crowd, Enabled by his royal dress, Myself distinguished God.