The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
Civilization - spurns - the Leopard! Was the Leopard - bold? Deserts - never rebuked her Satin - Ethiop - her Gold - Tawny - her Customs -She was Conscious - Spotted - her Dun Gown - This was the Leopard's nature - Signor - Need - a keeper - frown? Pity - the Pard - that left her Asia!Memories - of Palm - Cannot be stifled - with Narcotic - Nor suppressed - with Balm -