Date: 1841
"What do we know of the unquiet pillow, / By the worn cheek and tearful eyelid prest, / When thoughts chase thoughts, like the tumultuous billow, / Whose very light and foam reveal unrest?"
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Date: 1890
"Have you got a brook in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow, / And blushing birds go down to drink, / And shadows tremble so?"
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1890
"The wizard-fingers never rest, / The purple brook within the breast / Still chafes its narrow bed."
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