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Emily Dickinson

85

“They have not chosen me,” he said,
“But I have chosen them!”
Brave—Broken hearted statement—
Uttered in Bethlehem!

I could not have told it,
But since Jesus dared—
Sovereign! Know a Daisy
They dishonor shared!

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1859

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