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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. We play at paste, p. 1

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Jones Library, Amherst, MA. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. We play at paste, p. 1.

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F282A - We play at paste

We play at Paste -
Till qualified, for Pearl -
Then, drop the Paste -
And deem ourself a
fool -

The Shapes - though -
were similar -
And our new Hands
Learned Gem-tactics -
Practising Sands -

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First Line/Title: We play at paste
Date: 1862
Recipient: T. W. Higginson
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F282A
Textual Notes: Division
4 a |
5 though - |
Division
2 for |
4 Ourself |
5 were |
Emendation
8 Practising] Practicing

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Manuscript: Two, about 1862 and 1865. One (Jones Library) was enclosed in ed's first letter to T. W. Higginson, postmarked 15 April 1862. The poem, like the letter, may have been a response to Higginson's article that month in the Atlantic Monthly.
Recipient: T. W. Higginson
Textual Notes: Division
4 a |
5 though - |
Division
2 for |
4 Ourself |
5 were |
Emendation
8 Practising] Practicing
Publications: Higginson, Atlantic Monthly, 68 (October 1891), 445, as two quatrains, from his copy (A). Poems (1891), 25, without stanza division, from the retained copy (B). Poems (1955), 245 (A principal, B); CP (1960), 151 (A). (J320)

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F282B - We play at paste

The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998

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