poems sent from dickinson to elizabeth holland


To Elizabeth Holland
From ED


An Antiquated Tree
Is cherished of the Crow
Because that Junior Foliage is disrespectful now
To venerable Birds
Whose Corporation Coat
Would decorate Oblivion's
Remotest Consulate.


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