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American Romanticism

Lay this laurel on the one

by Emily Dickinson · 1830–1886

4 linesUnited StatesSource: PoetryDB
short lyricamerican romanticism
Lay this laurel on the oneEmily Dickinson
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Lay this laurel on the one

Too intrinsic for renown.

Laurel! veil your deathless tree, --

Him you chasten, that is he!