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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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[This is my letter to the world]
I. LIFE.
II. LOVE.
1.
I. MINE.
2.
II. BEQUEST.
3.
[III. Alter? When the hills do]
4.
IV. SUSPENSE.
5.
V. SURRENDER.
6.
[VI. If you were coming in the fall]
7.
VII. WITH A FLOWER.
8.
VIII. PROOF.
9.
[IX. Have you got a brook in your little heart]
10.
X. TRANSPLANTED.
11.
XI. THE OUTLET.
12.
XII. IN VAIN.
13.
XIII. RENUNCIATION.
14.
XIV. LOVE'S BAPTISM.
15.
XV. RESURRECTION.
16.
XVI. APOCALYPSE.
17.
XVII. THE WIFE.
18.
XVIII. APOTHEOSIS.
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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[XXXVII. If I should n't be alive]
If
I should n't be alive
When the robins come,
Give the one in red cravat
A memorial crumb.
If I could n't thank you,
Being just asleep,
You will know I'm trying
With my granite lip!
Poems by Emily Dickinson