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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Possession


Did the harebell loose her girdle
To the lover bee,
Would the bee the harebell hallow
Much as formerly?

Did the paradise, persuaded,
Yield her moat of pearl,
Would the Eden be an Eden,
Or the earl an earl?



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. Contrast
  2. Friends
  3. Lost Faith
  4. Fire
  5. I Have a King Who Does Not Speak


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Dante Rossetti Possession ("There is a cloud above the sunset hill")
  • Ella Wilcox Possession ("That which we had we still possess")

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