Whatever it is -- she has tried it --

Whatever it is -- she has tried it --
Awful Father of Love --
Is not Ours the chastising --
Do not chastise the Dove --
Not for Ourselves, petition --
Nothing is left to pray --
When a subject is finished --
Words are handed away --
Only lest she be lonely
In thy beautiful House
Give her for her Transgression
License to think of us --

About Emily Dickinson

American poet known for her unconventional use of form and syntax. Most of her work was published posthumously.

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