Rouge et Noir

SOUL, wilt thou toss again?
By just such a hazard
Hundreds have lost, indeed,
But tens have won an all.

Angels’ breathless ballot
Lingers to record thee;
Imps, in eager caucus,
Raffle for my soul.

First print Life III, 3
Johnson 139 | Franklin 89

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■→Poems, first print by Higginson and Todd, page 15;
Comma to mark off parenthesis, Imps, in eager caucus, Raffle…

■Notes for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
Poems one-by-one print and fascicle comparison,
■Resource for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
■Google Drive, manuscript fascicles.