The Mind
All the letters I can write
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
All the letters I can write
Are not fair as this,
Syllables of velvet,
Sentences of plush,
Depths of ruby, undrained,
Hid, lip, for thee—
Play it were a humming bird
And just sipped me!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “All the letters I can write.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/464/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “All the letters I can write.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/464/.
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