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Poems by Emily Dickinson

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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I. CONSECRATION.

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II. LOVE'S HUMILITY.

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V. WITH A FLOWER.

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[VIII. To lose thee, sweeter than to gain]

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[IX. Poor little heart]

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[XI. I've got an arrow here]

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XII. THE MASTER.

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[XIII. Heart, we will forget him]

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[XIV. Father, I bring thee not myself]

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[XV. We outgrow love like other things]

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[XVI. Not with a club the heart is broken]

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[XVIII. He touched me, so I live to know]

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XX. NUMEN LUMEN.

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IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.

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[XI. I've got an arrow here]

I've got an arrow here;
Loving the hand that sent it,
I the dart revere.

Fell, they will say, in ‘skirmish’!
Vanquished, my soul will know,
By but a simple arrow
Sped by an archer's bow.