Emily Dickinson — He was weak and I was strong—then

190 He was weak, and I was strong—then So He let me lead him in I was weak, and He was strong then So I let him lead me—Home 'Twasn't far—the door was near 'Twasn't dark—for He went—too 'Twasn't loud, for He said nought That was all I cared to know Day knocked—and we must part Neither—was strongest—now He strove—and I strove—too We didn't do it—tho'!