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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 44 of 446 · First Series: Love

Apotheosis

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Come slowly, Eden! Lips unused to thee, Bashful, sip thy jasmines, As the fainting bee,

Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums, Counts his nectars -- enters, And is lost in balms!

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