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Emily Dickinson

873

Ribbons of the Year—
Multitude Brocade—
Worn to Nature’s Party once

Then, as flung aside
As a faded Bead
Or a Wrinkled Pearl
Who shall charge the Vanity
Of the Maker’s Girl?

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1864

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