I am afraid to own a Body --

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I am afraid to own a Body --
Written by:Emily Dickinson (other works)
Poem #:1090
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Language:English
Type:Poetry
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Preceded by:Myself can read the Telegrams -1089-
Succeeded by:The Well upon the Brook -1091-

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I am afraid to own a Body --
I am afraid to own a Soul --
Profound -- precarious Property --
Possession, not optional --

Double Estate -- entailed at pleasure
Upon an unsuspecting Heir --
Duke in a moment of Deathlessness
And God, for a Frontier.












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