Dickinson/Norcross Correspondence: Poem 1369

poems sent from dickinson to frances and louise norcross

Trusty as the stars
Who quit their shining working
Prompt as when I lit them
In Genesis' new house,
Durable as dawn
Whose antiquated blossom
Makes a world's suspense
Perish and rejoice.

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