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A faded Boy—in sallow Clothes

Emily Dickinson

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A faded Boy—in sallow Clothes
Who drove a lonesome Cow
To pastures of Oblivion—
A statesman’s Embryo—

The Boys that whistled are extinct—
The Cows that fed and thanked
Remanded to a Ballad’s Barn
Or Clover’s Retrospect—
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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1881
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