The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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He was weak, and I was strong - then -So He let me lead him in - I was weak, and He was strong then - So I let him lead me - Home. 'Twas'nt far - the door was near -'Twas'nt dark - for He went - too - 'Twas'nt loud, for He said nought - That was all I cared to know. Day knocked - and we must part - Neither - was strongest - now -He strove - and I strove - too - We did'nt do it - tho'!