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'Twould ease—a Butterfly

by Emily Dickinson

'Twould ease — a Butterfly —

Elate — a Bee —

Thou'rt neither —

Neither — thy capacity —

But, Blossom, were I,

I would rather be

Thy moment

Than a Bee's Eternity —

Content of fading

Is enough for me —

Fade I unto Divinity —

And Dying — Lifetime —

Ample as the Eye —

Her least attention raise on me —

This poem is in the public domain.

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