by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Papa above!
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Papa above! Regard a mouse O'erpowered by the Cat! Reserve within thy kingdom A "Mansion" for the Rat! Snug in seraphic Cupboards To nibble all the day, While unsuspecting Cycles Wheel solemnly away.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 1, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 151 (Version B).
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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