Brick by brick

The props assist the House

Until the House is built

And then the Props withdraw

And adequate, erect,

The House supports itself

And cease to recollect

The Auger and the Carpenter-

just such a retrospect

Hath the perfected Life-

A past of Plank and Nail

and slowness- then the Scaffolds drop

Affirming it a Soul

Emily Dickinson, 1142