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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 282 of 446 · Third Series: Life

Real Riches

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'T is little I could care for pearls
Who own the ample sea;
Or brooches, when the Emperor
With rubies pelteth me;

Or gold, who am the Prince of Mines;
Or diamonds, when I see
A diadem to fit a dome
Continual crowning me.

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