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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 179 of 446 · Second Series: Love

Poem 7

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Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury!

Futile the winds To a heart in port, -- Done with the compass, Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden! Ah! the sea! Might I but moor To-night in thee!

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