She staked her Feathers -- Gained an Arc --

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She staked her Feathers -- Gained an Arc -- by Emily Dickinson

 She staked her Feathers -- Gained an Arc --
Debated -- Rose again --
This time -- beyond the estimate
Of Envy, or of Men --

And now, among Circumference --
Her steady Boat be seen --
At home -- among the Billows -- As
The Bough where she was born --

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