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PIGMY SERAPHS - GONE ASTRAY by EMILY DICKINSON

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Last Line: To subdue the Bumblebee
Subject(s): BEES;
Pigmy seraphs - gone astray -
Velvet people from Vevay -
Balles from some lost summer day -
Bees exclusive Coterie -
Paris could not lay the fold
Belted down with Emerald -
Venice could not show a check
Of a tint so lustrous meek -
Never such an Ambuscade
As of briar and leaf displayed
For my little damask maid -

I had rather wear her grace
Than an Earl's distinguished face -
I had rather dwell like her
Than be "Duke of Exeter" -
Royalty enough for me
To subdue the Bumblebee


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