by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Wild nights! ‑‑ Wild nights!
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Wild nights! -- Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile -- the Wind -- To a heart in port, -- Done with the Compass, -- Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden -- Ah! the Sea! Might I but moor -- Tonight -- In thee!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems: Second Series, first published 1891 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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