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Emily Dickinson: Oh Shadow on the Grass! Art thou a step or not? Go



Oh Shadow on the Grass!
Art thou a step or not?
Go make thee fair, my Candidate -
My nominated Heart!
Oh Shadow on the Grass!
While I delayed to dress
Some other thou dis'st consecrate -
Oh unelected Face!

Emily Dickinson

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No Notice gave She, but a Change -
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Within my Garden, rides a Bird
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