The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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Two Butterflies went out at Noon -And waltzed opon a Farm - Then stepped straight through the Firmament And rested, on a Beam - And then - together bore awayOpon a shining Sea - Though never yet, in any Port - Their coming, mentioned - be - If spoken by the distant Bird - If met in Ether SeaBy Frigate, or by Merchantman - No notice - was - to me -