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Houghton Library - (186b) I rose - because He sank, J616, Fr454

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Credits: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Poems: Packet XXXIV, Fascicle 21. Includes 17 poems, written in ink, ca. 1862. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Houghton Library - (186b) I rose - because He sank, J616, Fr454
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Atlantic Monthly, 143 (March 1929), 327, and FP (1929), 93, with stanzas 2 and 3 omitted and stanza division not retained. The alternatives for lines 3, 4 ("stood"), and 17 were adopted. Bingham, AB (1945), 386-87, entire, from a transcript of A (a tr149), with the alternatives adopted for lines 3, 6 (in part: "steady"), 7, 10, 11, and 17. Poems (1955), 473-74; CP (1960), 303-4. MB (1981), 476-77, in facsimile. (J616). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F454A).
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Imported: 2013-10-21 13:01:20 -0400
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Label: (186b) I rose - because He sank, J616, Fr454
Filename: ms_am_1118_3_186_187_0002

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F454A - I rose because he sank

I rose - because He sank -
I thought it would be
opposite -
But when his power dropped -
My Soul grew straight.

I cheered my fainting Prince -
I sang firm - even - Chants -
I helped his Film - with Hymn -

And when the Dews drew
off
That held his Forehead stiff -
gave him - I met him -
Balm - for Balm Balm to Balm -

I told him Best - must pass
Through this low Arch of
Flesh -
No Casque so brave
It spurn the Grave -

I told him Worlds I knew
Where Emperors grew -
Who recollected us
If we were true -

And so with Thews of Hymn -
And Sinew from within -
And ways I knew not that
I knew - till then -
I lifted Him -

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First Line/Title: I rose because he sank
Date: 1862
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F454A
Textual Notes: 11 to Balm] written to Balf to Balm (the canceled to made from for)
(1)
4 grew] felt - • bent - • stood
6 firm - even - Chants -] straight - steady chants -
7 helped] stayed
10-11 met him - / Balm to Balm] gave him - / Balm - for Balm
16 him Worlds] A world
17 Emperors] Monarchs -
(2)
3 dropped] bent
Division
2 be |
8 drew |
13 of |
15 Grave - ||
22 that |
alt (1) 10-11 him - no |
alt (1) 10-11 for |

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Manuscript: About late 1862, in Fascicle 21 (h 186).
Fascicle: 21 - 16
Notes: About late 1862, in Fascicle 21 (h186).
Textual Notes: 11 to Balm] written to Balf to Balm (the canceled to made from for)
(1)
4 grew] felt - • bent - • stood
6 firm - even - Chants -] straight - steady chants -
7 helped] stayed
10-11 met him - / Balm to Balm] gave him - / Balm - for Balm
16 him Worlds] A world
17 Emperors] Monarchs -
(2)
3 dropped] bent
Division
2 be |
8 drew |
13 of |
15 Grave - ||
22 that |
alt (1) 10-11 him - no |
alt (1) 10-11 for |
Publications: Atlantic Monthly, 143 (March 1929), 327, and FP (1929), 93, with stanzas 2 and 3 omitted and stanza division not retained. The alternatives for lines 3, 4 ("stood"), and 17 were adopted. Bingham, AB (1945), 386-87, entire, from a transcript of A (a tr149), with the alternatives adopted for lines 3, 6 (in part: "steady"), 7, 10, 11, and 17. Poems (1955), 473-74; CP (1960), 303-4. MB (1981), 476-77, in facsimile. (J616)

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