[
  {
    "title": "I gave myself to him",
    "author": "Emily Dickinson",
    "lines": [
      "I gave myself to him,",
      "And took himself for pay.",
      "The solemn contract of a life",
      "Was ratified this way.",
      "",
      "The wealth might disappoint,",
      "Myself a poorer prove",
      "Than this great purchaser suspect,",
      "The daily own of Love",
      "",
      "Depreciate the vision;",
      "But, till the merchant buy,",
      "Still fable, in the isles of spice,",
      "The subtle cargoes lie.",
      "",
      "At least, 't is mutual risk, --",
      "Some found it mutual gain;",
      "Sweet debt of Life, -- each night to owe,",
      "Insolvent, every noon."
    ],
    "linecount": 16,
    "source": "Project Gutenberg — Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12242)"
  }
]