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The Butterfly's Numidian Gown

By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)29 words

The Butterfly's Numidian Gown

With spots of Burnish roasted on

Is proof against the Sun

Yet prone to shut its spotted Fan

And panting on a Clover lean

As if it were undone --

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