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Poems by Emily Dickinson

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I showed her Heights she never saw

... I showed her Secrets -- Morning's Nest -- ...

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I sometimes drop it, for a Quick --

... And Madder -- to conceive --Consoles a Woe so monstrous ...

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I stepped from Plank to Plank

... This gave me that precarious Gait ...

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I sued the News -- yet feared -- the News

... "The House not made with Hands" it was -- ...

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I suppose the time will come

... And in Chintz the AppleI believe the Day will be ...

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I tend my flowers for thee

... You marvel how they held --Globe Roses -- break their satin glake -- ...

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I think I was enchanted

... 'Twere suddenly confirmed --I could not have defined the change -- ...

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I think just how my shape will rise

... Are out of sight -- in Heaven --I think just how my lips will weigh -- ...

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I think that the Root of the Wind is Water --

... I think that the Root of the Wind is Water -- ...

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I think the Hemlock likes to stand

... Lapland's -- necessity --The Hemlock's nature thrives -- on cold -- ...

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I think the longest Hour of all

... It seems as though the TimeIndignant -- that the Joy was come -- ...

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I think to Live -- may be a Bliss

... Than an inferior kind --No numb alarm -- lest Difference come -- ...

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I thought that nature was enough

... As Parallax a Flame --Of Human nature just aware ...

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I thought the Train would never come --

... I thought the Train would never come -- ...

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I tie my Hat -- I crease my Shawl

... Nay -- Hold it -- it is calm --Therefore -- we do life's labor -- ...