"I Held A Jewel In My Fingers"

I held a Jewel in my fingers 
And went to sleep -
The day was warm, and winds were prosy; 
I said, "'Twill keep." 

I woke - and chid my honest fingers, 
The Gem was gone;
And now, an Amethyst remembrance 
Is all I own.


Written in 1861 by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)