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| A Mien to move a Queen --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 283
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand, -282-
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| Succeeded by: | The Drop, that wrestles in the Sea -- -284-
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A Mien to move a Queen --
Half Child -- Half Heroine --
An Orleans in the Eye
That puts its manner by
For humbler Company
When none are near
Even a Tear --
Its frequent Visitor --
A Bonnet like a Duke --
And yet a Wren's Peruke
Were not so shy
Of Goer by --
And Hands -- so slight --
They would elate a Sprite
With Merriment --
A Voice that Alters -- Low
And on the Ear can go
Like Let of Snow --
Or shift supreme --
As tone of Realm
On Subjects Diadem --
Too small -- to fear --
Too distant -- to endear --
And so Men Compromise
And just -- revere --
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