Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound
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| I SEE thee better in the dark, | |
| I do not need a light. | |
| The love of thee a prism be | |
| Excelling violet. | |
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| I see thee better for the years | 5 |
| That hunch themselves between, | |
| The miner’s lamp sufficient be | |
| To nullify the mine. | |
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| And in the grave I see thee best— | |
| Its little panels be | 10 |
| A-glow, all ruddy with the light | |
| I held so high for thee! | |
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| What need of day to those whose dark | |
| Hath so surpassing sun, | |
| It seem it be continually | 15 |
| At the meridian? | |
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