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Dickinson, Emily

One of the quintessential American poets of the 19th century.. American poet

Email Poem - My Cocoon tightens -- Colors tease --Email Poem

My Cocoon tightens -- Colors tease --

 My Cocoon tightens -- Colors tease --
I'm feeling for the Air --
A dim capacity for Wings
Demeans the Dress I wear --

A power of Butterfly must be --
The Aptitude to fly
Meadows of Majesty implies
And easy Sweeps of Sky --

So I must baffle at the Hint
And cipher at the Sign
And make much blunder, if at least
I take the clue divine --



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