APOCALYPSE - I'm wife; I've finished that
I'm wife; I've finished that, / That other state;
TO see her is a picture
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TO see her is a picture,
To hear her is a tune,
To know her an intemperance
As innocent as June;
By which to be undone
Is dearer than Redemption–
Which never to receive,
Makes mockery of melody
It might have been to live.
More poems by Emily Dickinson
SUMMER'S ARMIES - Some rainbow coming from the fair
Some rainbow coming from the fair! / Some vision of the world Cashmere
THE WAKING YEAR - A lady red upon the hill
A lady red upon the hill / Her annual secret keeps;
A PROMPT, executive Bird is the Jay
A PROMPT, executive Bird is the Jay, / Bold as a Bailiff's hymn,