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Poems by Emily Dickinson

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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[This is my letter to the world]

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[I. New feet within my garden go]

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II. MAY-FLOWER.

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[IV. Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower]

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[V. The pedigree of honey]

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VI. A SERVICE OF SONG.

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[VII. The bee is not afraid of me]

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VIII. SUMMER'S ARMIES.

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[X. A little road not made of man]

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XI. SUMMER SHOWER.

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XII. PSALM OF THE DAY.

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XIII. THE SEA OF SUNSET.

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XIV. PURPLE CLOVER.

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[XVI. Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn]

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[XVII. As children bid the guest good-night]

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[XVIII. Angels in the early morning]

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[XIX. So bashful when I spied her]

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XX. TWO WORLDS.

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XXI. THE MOUNTAIN.

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[XXIII. The butterfly's assumption-gown]

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XXIV. THE WIND.

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XXV. DEATH AND LIFE.

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[XXVI. 'T was later when the summer went]

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XXVII. INDIAN SUMMER.

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XXVIII. AUTUMN.

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XXIX. BECLOUDED.

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XXX. THE HEMLOCK.

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[XXXI. There's a certain slant of light]

IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.

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[V. The pedigree of honey]

The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.