Nature and God — I neither knew

Nature and God — I neither knew
Yet Both so well knew me
They startled, like Executors
Of My identity.

Yet Neither told — that I could learn —
My Secret as secure
As Herschel’s private interest
Or Mercury’s affair —

Emily Dickinson

Secret soon to be revealed

I knew neither Nature nor God —
Yet Both knew me so well
They startled, like Executors
Of My personality.

Yet Neither told My Secret as secure
That I could know soon
As Herschel’s private interest
Or Mercury’s affair —

* Herschel was a member of the Military Band. He secretly study astronomy and found important discovery.

* Mercury was an accomplished Stealer.