"I want" -- it pleaded -- All its life --

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

731

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Language:

English

Type:

Poetry

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Preceded by:

Defrauded I a Butterfly -- -730-

Succeeded by:

She rose to His Requirement -- dropt -732-

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"I want" -- it pleaded -- All its life --
I want -- was chief it said
When Skill entreated it -- the last --
And when so newly dead --

I could not deem it late -- to hear
That single -- steadfast sigh --
The lips had placed as with a "Please"
Toward Eternity --