Teach Him -- When He makes the names --
Such an one -- to say --
On his babbling -- Berry -- lips --
As should sound -- to me --
Were my Ear -- as near his nest --
As my thought -- today --
As should sound --
"Forbid us not" --
Some like "Emily."

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 227. Teach Him -- When He makes the names
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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