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ORIGINAL POEMS: Fascicle 6Emily DickinsonThe Complete Poems of Emily DickinsonDickinsonThomas H. JohnsonBostonLittle, Brown and Company1960The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Centenary EditionEmily DickinsonMartha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete HampsonBostonLittle, Brown, and Company1930Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's PoemsEmily DickinsonThomas H. JohnsonBostonLittle, Brown and Company1961LETTEREmily Dickinson
Poem 11 (J 131: 1830-1886)Besides the Autumnautumn poets sing,A few prosaic daysA little this side of the snowAnd that side of the Hazehaze—.A few incisive morningsMornings—,A few AsceticasceticEveseves—,—Gone.—Mr.Bryants'Bryant'sGolden Rod.golden-rod,Golden Rod—Golden RodAnd Mr.Thomsons'Thomson'ssheaves.sheaves.sheaves.Still, is the bustle in the Brookbrook—,Sealed, are the spicy valves—;Mesmeric fingers softly touchThe Eyeseyes of many Elveselves—.Perhaps a squirrelsquirrel may remain—,My sentiments to share—.Grant me,OhOLord, a sunny mind—,Thy windy will to bear!