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If it had no pencil

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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If it had no pencil
Would it try mine-
Worn-now-and dull-sweet,
Writing much to thee.
If it had no word,
Would it make the Daisy,
Most as big as I was,
When it plucked me?




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