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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 23 of 446 · First Series: Life

Unreturning

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'T was such a little, little boat That toddled down the bay! 'T was such a gallant, gallant sea That beckoned it away!

'T was such a greedy, greedy wave That licked it from the coast; Nor ever guessed the stately sails My little craft was lost!

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