56. “A solemn thing it was, I said.” Part Three: Love. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Three: Love

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A SOLEMN thing it was, I said,
A woman white to be,
And wear, if God should count me fit,
Her hallowed mystery.

A timid thing to drop a life	5
Into the purple well,
Too plummetless that it come back
Eternity until.