Knows the Adder Tongue his coming
And presents her Spot --
Stands the Sun so close and mighty
That our Minds are hot.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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Motioned itself to drill
Loaded and Levelled
And let His Flesh
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Involves Alpine
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With inference appalling
By Childhood fortified
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Through those old Grounds of memory,
The sauntering alone
Is a divine intemperance
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