MY river runs to thee:
Blue sea, wilt welcome me?
My river waits reply.
Oh, sea, look graciously!
I’ll fetch thee brooks
From spotted nooks, —
Say, sea, take me!
First print poem XI, 11
Johnson 162 | Franklin 219
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■→Poems, first print by Higginson and Todd, page 54;
Thematic arrangement into two stanzas.
■Notes for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
Poems one-by-one print and fascicle comparison,
■Resource for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
■Google Drive, manuscript fascicles.
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