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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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[XXIII. The butterfly's assumption-gown]
The
butterfly's assumption-gown,
In chrysoprase apartments hung,
This afternoon put on.
How condescending to descend,
And be of buttercups the friend
In a New England town!
Poems by Emily Dickinson