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Baffled for just a day or two

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Baffled for just a day or two by Emily Dickinson

 Baffled for just a day or two --
Embarrassed -- not afraid --
Encounter in my garden
An unexpected Maid.

She beckons, and the woods start --
She nods, and all begin --
Surely, such a country
I was never in!

Form: Ballad

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