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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound CXXVI |
| I SHOWED her heights she never saw— | |
| “Wouldst climb?” I said, | |
| She said “Not so”— | |
| “With me?” I said, “With me?” | |
| I showed her secrets | 5 |
| Morning’s nest, | |
| The rope that Nights were put across— | |
| And now, “Wouldst have me for a Guest?” | |
| She could not find her yes— | |
| And then, I brake my life, and Lo! | 10 |
| A light for her, did solemn glow, | |
| The larger, as her face withdrew— | |
| And could she, further, “No?” |
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