The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
He told a homely taleAnd spotted it with tears - Opon his infant face was set The Cicatrice of years - All crumpled was the cheekNo other kiss had known Than flake of snow, imprinted swiftdivided withWhen hurrying to the townThe Redbreast of the Barn -If Mother - in the Grave - Or Father - on the Sea -Or Father in the Firmament - Or Bretheren, had he - If Commonwealth below, Or Commonwealth aboveHavelost missed a Barefoot Citizen -I've found it - 'tis alive -I've ransomed it -alive -