The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
The Malay - took the Pearl -Not - I - the Earl - I - feared the Sea - too much Unsanctified - to touch - Praying that I might beWorthy - the Destiny - The Swarthy fellow swam - And bore my Jewel - Home - Home to the Hut! What lot Had I - the Jewel - got -Borne on a Dusky Breast - I had not deemed a Vest Of Amber - fit - The Negro never knew I - wooed it - too -To gain, or be undone - Alike to Him - One -