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Emily Dickinson

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How soft a Caterpillar steps—
I fond one on my Hand
From such a velvet world it comes
Such plushes at command
Its soundless travels just arrest
My slow—terrestrial eye
Intent upon its own career
What use has it for me—

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

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