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Emily Dickinson

1444

A little Snow was here and there
Disseminated in her Hair—
Since she and I had met and played
Decade had gathered to Decade—

But Time had added not obtained
Impregnable the Rose
For summer too indelible
Too obdurate for Snows—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1878

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