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Perhaps you think me stooping

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Perhaps you think me stooping
I'm not ashamed of that
Christ-stooped until He touched the Grave-
Do those at Sacrament

Commemorative Dishonor
Or love annealed of love
Until it bend as low as Death
Redignified, above?




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