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Houghton Library - J1183, Fr1227

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Poems: Loose sheets. Step lightly on this narrow spot. MS Am 1118.3 (322). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Houghton Library - J1183, Fr1227
Publication History
Poems (1891), 185, from the set (C). BM (1945), 319 (B), unidentified, among the fragments. Poems (1955), 826 (A, C principal, D summarized), 1054 (B unidentified); CP (1960), 525 (C). Letters (1958), 926 (B), among the prose fragments, with a reference to the poem. MB (1981), 1311 (C), in facsimile. (J1183). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F1227A).
-History from Franklin Variorum 1998

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Imported: 2013-10-21 13:00:47 -0400
Order: 1
Order Label: J1183, Fr1227
Label: J1183, Fr1227
Filename: ms_am_1118_3_322_0001

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F1227A - Step lightly on this narrow spot

Step lightly
on this narrow
spot -
The broadest Land
that grows
Is not so ample
as the Heart
These Emerald
seams enclose -

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First Line/Title: Step lightly on this narrow spot
Date: 1871
Recipient: Susan Dickinson
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F1227A
Textual Notes: Division
1 lightly |
1 narrow |
2 Land |
3 ample |
4 Emerald |
Division
1 on |
2 Land |
3 ample |
4 Emerald |
5 for |

6 Cannon |
7 subsist |
8 deathless |
Division
1 lightly |
1 narrow |
2 Broadest |
2 that |
3 so |

3 as |
4 Emerald |
5 lofty |
5 name |
5 told ||
6 as |
7 Flag |
7 or |
8 deathless |

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Manuscript: Four (two in part), variant, about 1871. The first stanza, in pencil, signed "Emily," was sent to Susan Dickinson (h 322).
Recipient: Susan Dickinson
Notes: Four (two in part), variant, about 1871. The first stanza, in pencil, signed "Emily," was sent to Susan Dickinson (h322).
Textual Notes: Division
1 lightly |
1 narrow |
2 Land |
3 ample |
4 Emerald |
Division
1 on |
2 Land |
3 ample |
4 Emerald |
5 for |

6 Cannon |
7 subsist |
8 deathless |
Division
1 lightly |
1 narrow |
2 Broadest |
2 that |
3 so |

3 as |
4 Emerald |
5 lofty |
5 name |
5 told ||
6 as |
7 Flag |
7 or |
8 deathless |
Publications: Poems (1891), 185, from the set (C). BM (1945), 319 (B), unidentified, among the fragments. Poems (1955), 826 (A, C principal, D summarized), 1054 (B unidentified); CP (1960), 525 (C). Letters (1958), 926 (B), among the prose fragments, with a reference to the poem. MB (1981), 1311 (C), in facsimile. (J1183)

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