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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 244 of 446 · Second Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 5

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Morns like these we parted; Noons like these she rose, Fluttering first, then firmer, To her fair repose.

Never did she lisp it, And 't was not for me; She was mute from transport, I, from agony!

Till the evening, nearing, One the shutters drew -- Quick! a sharper rustling! And this linnet flew!

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