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'Twas here my summer paused

by Emily Dickinson

19th-Century American · Short · 8 linesnature

'Twas here my summer paused What ripeness after then To other scene or other soul My sentence had begun. To winter to remove With winter to abide Go manacle your icicle Against your Tropic Bride.

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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