'Twas here my summer paused
What ripeness after then
To other scene or other soul
My sentence had begun.

To winter to remove
With winter to abide
Go manacle your icicle
Against your Tropic Bride.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1756. 'Twas here my summer paused
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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