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Houghton Library - (135b) He gave away his Life -, J567, Fr530

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Credits: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Poems: Packet XXV, Fascicle 28. Includes 23 poems, written in ink, dated ca. 1862.
Houghton Library - (135b) He gave away his Life -, J567, Fr530
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UP (1935), 8, with the alternatives for lines 7 and 13 adopted. Poems (1955), 433; CP (1960), 276. MB (1981), 646, in facsimile. (J567). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F530A).
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Imported: 2013-10-21 13:02:08 -0400
Order: 6
Order Label: (135b) He gave away his Life -, J567, Fr530
Label: (135b) He gave away his Life -, J567, Fr530
Filename: ms_am_1118_3_135_0002

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F530A - He gave away his life

He gave away his Life -
To Us - Gigantic Sum -
A trifle - in his own esteem -
But magnified - by Fame -

Until it burst the Hearts
That fancied they could hold -
When quick swift it slipped it's limit -
And on the Heavens - unrolled -

'Tis Ours(Our's) - to wince - and weep -
And wonder - and decay
By common Blossoms(Blossom's) gradual process -
He chose - Maturity -

And ripening - quickening - as we sowed -
Just obviated Bud -
And when We turned to
note the Growth -
Broke - perfect - from the Pod -

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First Line/Title: He gave away his life
Date: 1863
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F530A
Textual Notes: 3 own esteem] estimate
7 swift] quick
11 gradual] common
11 process] over way
13 quickening -] ripening -
Division
15 to |
Emendation
9 Our's] Ours
11 Blossom's] Blossoms

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Manuscript: About spring 1863, in Fascicle 28 (h 135).
Fascicle: 28 - 6
Notes: About spring 1863, in Fascicle 28 (h135).
Textual Notes: 3 own esteem] estimate
7 swift] quick
11 gradual] common
11 process] over way
13 quickening -] ripening -
Division
15 to |
Emendation
9 Our's] Ours
11 Blossom's] Blossoms
Publications: UP (1935), 8, with the alternatives for lines 7 and 13 adopted. Poems (1955), 433; CP (1960), 276. MB (1981), 646, in facsimile. (J567)

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