poems sent from dickinson to bowles

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

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

thomas johnson's note on poem 833 | index to dickinson poems sent to bowles

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