Empty my Heart, of Thee -- - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Empty my Heart, of Thee --

Empty my Heart, of Thee --
Its single Artery --
Begin, and leave Thee out --
Simply Extinction's Date --

Much Billow hath the Sea --
One Baltic -- They --
Subtract Thyself, in play,
And not enough of me
Is left -- to put away --
"Myself" meanth Thee --

Erase the Root -- no Tree --
Thee -- then -- no me --
The Heavens stripped --
Eternity's vast pocket, picked --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 587. Empty my Heart, of Thee -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 15 2007 Comment 1 of 1, added on January 15th, 2007 at 11:25 AM. this is a great poem Tessa from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Empty my Heart, of Thee --, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 587. Empty my Heart, of Thee -- Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-19 01:24:26 Poem of the Day: Jan 15 2007 Viewed 5867 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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