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Emily Dickinson read by Classic Poetry Aloud http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com
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Surrender by Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886)
Doubt me, my dim companion! Why, God would be content With but a fraction of the love Poured thee without a stint.
The whole of me, forever, What more the woman can, -- Say quick, that I may dower thee With last delight I own!
It cannot be my spirit, For that was thine before; I ceded all of dust I knew, -- What opulence the more
Had I, a humble maiden, Whose farthest of degree Was that she might, Some distant heaven, Dwell timidly with thee!
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