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American Romanticism

The leaves, like women, interchange

by Emily Dickinson · 1830–1886

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short lyricamerican romanticism
The leaves, like women, interchangeEmily Dickinson
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The leaves, like women, interchange

Sagacious confidence;

Somewhat of nods, and somewhat of

Portentous inference,


The parties in both cases

Enjoining secrecy, --

Inviolable compact

To notoriety.