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Teach Him-When He makes the names-
Such an one-to say-
On his babbling-Berry-lips-
As should sound-to me-
Were my Ear-as near his nest-
As my thought-today-
As should sound-
“Forbid us not”-
Some like “Emily.”
(Emily Dickinson)
More Poetry from Emily Dickinson:
- Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Sic transit gloria mundi (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- I cannot live with You (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- The Wind begun to knead the Grass (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- One Year ago-jots what? (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Safe in their alabaster chambers, (Emily Dickinson Poems)