Решила я заставить свет
Признать мои права.
Я не Давид, но спору нет:
Храбрее раза в два.
Прицелилась, и с ног долой,
Зажав пращу в горсти.
Уж слишком Голиаф большой -
Мне надо подрасти.
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Emily DICKINSON
540
I took my Power in my Hand -
And went against the World -
'Twas not so much as David - had -
But I - was twice as bold -
I aimed my Pebble - but Myself
Was all the one that fell -
Was it Goliath - was too large -
Or was myself - too small?