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Poem Transcribed by Susan Scriven
The poem found on this page was meticulously copied from Poems by Emily Dickinson. Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Originally published format and spelling have been preserved. This text was chosen
due to its copyright expiration not because of the quality of the text. This version
of the poem has been altered from the manuscript version written by Emily Dickinson. The
footnotes linked to the lines of the poem that were changed provide alternative versions of the
lines that vary from the manuscript version.