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Poems by Emily Dickinson

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Could I -- then -- shut the door

... Lest my beseeching face -- at last -- ...

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Could I but ride indefinite

... And anchor "off the Bar"What Liberty! So Captives deem ...

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Could mortal lip divine

... 'Twould crumble with the weight ...

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Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell

... Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell ...

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Count not that far that can be had,

... Count not that far that can be had, ...

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Crisis is a Hair

... If it come in sleepTo suspend the Breath ...

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Crisis is sweet and yet the Heart

... To Denizens deniedInquire of the closing Rose ...

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Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?

... Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat ...

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Death is like the insect

... Wring the tree and leave it, ...

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Death is potential to that Man

... To Anyone but God --Of these Two -- God remembers ...

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Death is the supple Suitor

... But brave at last with Bugles ...

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Death leaves Us homesick, who behind,

... Death leaves Us homesick, who behind, ...

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Death warrants are supposed to be

... Death warrants are supposed to be ...

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Death's Waylaying not the sharpest

... But from Life's consummate Cluster -- ...

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Declaiming Waters none may dread --

... Declaiming Waters none may dread -- ...