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| Could I but ride indefinite
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 661
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | 'Tis good -- the looking back on Grief -- -660-
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| Succeeded by: | Embarrassment of one another -662-
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Could I but ride indefinite
As doth the Meadow Bee
And visit only where I liked
And No one visit me
And flirt all Day with Buttercups
And marry whom I may
And dwell a little everywhere
Or better, run away
With no Police to follow
Or chase Him if He do
Till He should jump Peninsulas
To get away from me --
I said "But just to be a Bee"
Upon a Raft of Air
And row in Nowhere all Day long
And anchor "off the Bar"
What Liberty! So Captives deem
Who tight in Dungeons are.
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