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These Held Their Wick Above The West

Emily Dickinson

1390

These held their Wick above the West-
Till when the Red declined-
Or how the Amber aided it-
Defied to be defined-

Then waned without disparagement
In a dissembling Hue
That would not let the Eye decide
Did it abide or no-

(C) Emily Dickinson
01/01/2000


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