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Emily Dickinson

















                                                   Daguerrotype, ca. 1847


Wild nights — Wild nights!

Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile — the winds—
To a Heart in port—
Done with the Compass—
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden—
Ah — the Sea!
Might I but moor – tonight—
In thee!


John Ashbery

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