The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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I could suffice for Him, I knew -He - could suffice for Me - Yet Hesitating Fractions - Both Surveyed Infinity - "Would I be Whole" He sudden broached -My Syllable rebelled - 'Twas face to face with Nature - forced - 'Twas face to face with God - Withdrew the Sun - to other Wests - Withdrew the furthest StarBefore Decision - stooped to speech - And then - be audiblerThe Answer of the Sea unto The Motion of the Moon - Herself adjust Her Tides - unto -Could I - do else - with Mine?