Living
'T was such a little, little boat
Living
'T was such a little, little boat
That toddled down the bay!
'T was such a gallant, gallant sea
That beckoned it away!
'T was such a greedy, greedy wave
That licked it from the coast;
Nor ever guessed the stately sails
My little craft was lost!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “'T was such a little, little boat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/22/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “'T was such a little, little boat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/22/.
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