The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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She sweeps with many-colored Brooms - And leaves the shreds behind - Oh Housewife in the Evening West - Come back - and dust the Pond - You dropped a Purple Ravelling in -You dropped anAmber Thread -And now you've littered all the East With Duds of Emerald - And still she plies Her spotted thrift And still the scene prevailsTill Dusk ob - structsobstructs the Diligence - Or Contemplation fails.