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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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[My nosegays are for captives]
I. LIFE.
II. LOVE.
1.
I. CHOICE.
2.
[II. I have no life but this]
3.
[III. Your riches taught me poverty]
4.
IV. THE CONTRACT.
5.
V. THE LETTER.
6.
[VI. The way I read a letter's this]
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[VII. Wild nights! Wild nights!]
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VIII. AT HOME.
9.
IX. POSSESSION.
10.
[X. A charm invests a face]
11.
XI. THE LOVERS.
12.
[XII. In lands I never saw, they say]
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[XIII. The moon is distant from the sea]
14.
[XIV. He put the belt around my life]
15.
XV. THE LOST JEWEL.
16.
[XVI. What if I say I shall not wait?]
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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[My nosegays are for captives]
My
nosegays are for captives;
Dim, long-expectant eyes,
Fingers denied the plucking,
Patient till paradise.
To such, if they should whisper
Of morning and the moor,
They bear no other errand,
And I, no other prayer.
Poems by Emily Dickinson