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by EmilyDickinsonVIProofWith a Flower With a Flower I hide myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too —
And angels know the rest. I hide myself…
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(3 syl.). Wife of Charlemagne, who surpassed all other women in nobleness of mien. “Her neck was tinged with a delicate rose, like that of a Roman matron in former ages. Her locks were…
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