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Houghton Library - (60a) Growth of Man - like Growth of Nature, J750, Fr790

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Credits: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Poems: Packet XII, Fascicle 37. Includes 21 poems, written in ink, ca. 1863. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Houghton Library - (60a) Growth of Man - like Growth of Nature, J750, Fr790
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FP (1929), 16, with alternatives adopted for lines 3 and 12 ("distinct") and the first stanza in five lines (in later collections, as a quatrain). Poems (1955), 571; CP (1960), 367-68. MB (1981), 917, in facsimile. (J750). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F790A).
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Label: (60a) Growth of Man - like Growth of Nature, J750, Fr790
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F790A - Growth of man like growth of nature

Growth of Man - like Growth
of Nature -
Gravitates within -
Atmosphere, and Sun
endorse it -
But it stir - alone -

Each - it's absolute difficult Ideal
Must achieve - Itself -
Through the solitary prowess
Of a Silent Life -

Effort - is the sole condition -
Patience of Itself -
Patience of opposing forces -
And direct - • distinct intact Belief -

Looking on - is the Department
Of it's Audience -
But Transaction - is assisted
By no Countenance -

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First Line/Title: Growth of man like growth of nature
Date: 1863
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F790A
Textual Notes: 3 endorse] Confirm -
5 difficult] absolute
12 intact] direct - • distinct
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1 like Growth |
3 Sun |

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Manuscript: About late 1863, in Fascicle 37 (h 60).
Fascicle: 37 - 18
Notes: About late 1863, in Fascicle 37 (h60).
Textual Notes: 3 endorse] Confirm -
5 difficult] absolute
12 intact] direct - • distinct
Division
1 like Growth |
3 Sun |
Publications: FP (1929), 16, with alternatives adopted for lines 3 and 12 ("distinct") and the first stanza in five lines (in later collections, as a quatrain). Poems (1955), 571; CP (1960), 367-68. MB (1981), 917, in facsimile. (J750)

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