Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

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What soft, cherubic creatures
  These gentlewomen are!
One would as soon assault a plush
  Or violate a star.

Such dimity convictions,
  A horror so refined
Of freckled human nature,
  Of Deity ashamed, --

It's such a common glory,
  A fisherman's degree!
Redemption, brittle lady,
  Be so, ashamed of thee.

1. Love's Humility
2. Power
3. Thanksgiving Day
4. Desire
5. Is Bliss, Then, Such Abyss

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