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She slept beneath a tree

Emily Dickinson

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She slept beneath a tree—
Remembered but by me.
I touched her Cradle mute—
She recognized the foot—
Put on her carmine suit
     And see!
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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1858
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