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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part One: Life CXXX |
| WHAT soft, cherubic creatures | |
| These gentlewomen are! | |
| One would as soon assault a plush | |
| Or violate a star. | |
| Such dimity convictions, | 5 |
| A horror so refined | |
| Of freckled human nature, | |
| Of Deity ashamed,— | |
| It’s such a common glory, | |
| A fisherman’s degree! | 10 |
| Redemption, brittle lady, | |
| Be so, ashamed of thee. |
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