I breathed enough to take the Trick --

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

272

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English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

A solemn thing -- it was -- I said -- -271-

Succeeded by:

He put the Belt around my life -273-

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I breathed enough to take the Trick --
And now, removed from Air --
I simulate the Breath, so well --
That One, to be quite sure --

The Lungs are stirless -- must descend
Among the Cunning Cells --
And touch the Pantomine -- Himself,
How numb, the Bellows feels!