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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 181 of 446 · Second Series: Love

Possession

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Did the harebell loose her girdle To the lover bee, Would the bee the harebell hallow Much as formerly?

Did the paradise, persuaded, Yield her moat of pearl, Would the Eden be an Eden, Or the earl an earl?

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