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| I was the slightest in the House --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 486
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | To make One's Toilette -- after Death -485-
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| Succeeded by: | You love the Lord -- you cannot see -- -487-
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I was the slightest in the House --
I took the smallest Room --
At night, my little Lamp, and Book --
And one Geranium --
So stationed I could catch the Mint
That never ceased to fall --
And just my Basket --
Let me think -- I'm sure --
That this was all --
I never spoke -- unless addressed --
And then, 'twas brief and low --
I could not bear to live -- aloud --
The Racket shamed me so --
And if it had not been so far --
And any one I knew
Were going -- I had often thought
How noteless -- I could die --
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