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Emily Dickinson

481

The Himmaleh was known to stoop
Unto the Daisy low—
Transported with Compassion
That such a Doll should grow
Where Tent by Tent—Her Universe
Hung out its Flags of Snow—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1862

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