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| For this -- accepted Breath --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 195
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | On this long storm the Rainbow rose -- -194-
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| Succeeded by: | We don't cry -- Tim and I, -196-
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For this -- accepted Breath --
Through it -- compete with Death --
The fellow cannot touch this Crown --
By it -- my title take --
Ah, what a royal sake
To my necessity -- stooped down!
No Wilderness -- can be
Where this attendeth me --
No Desert Noon --
No fear of frost to come
Haunt the perennial bloom --
But Certain June!
Get Gabriel -- to tell -- the royal syllable --
Get Saints -- with new -- unsteady tongue --
To say what trance below
Most like their glory show --
Fittest the Crown!
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