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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 23 of 446 · First Series: Life

Unreturning

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'T was such a little, little boat
That toddled down the bay!
'T was such a gallant, gallant sea
That beckoned it away!

'T was such a greedy, greedy wave
That licked it from the coast;
Nor ever guessed the stately sails
My little craft was lost!

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