Distrustful of the Gentian --

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Emily Dickinson (other works)

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English

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Preceded by:

A sepal, petal, and a thorn -19-

Succeeded by:

We lose -- because we win -- -21-

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Distrustful of the Gentian --
And just to turn away,
The fluttering of her fringes
Child my perfidy --
Weary for my ----------
I will singing go --
I shall not feel the sleet -- then --
I shall not fear the snow.

Flees so the phantom meadow
Before the breathless Bee --
So bubble brooks in deserts
On Ears that dying lie --
Burn so the Evening Spires
To Eyes that Closing go --
Hangs so distant Heaven --
To a hand below.