Elizabeth told Essex
That she could not forgive
The clemency of Deity
However — might survive —
That secondary succor
We trust that she partook
When suing — like her Essex
For a reprieving Look —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Elizabeth told Essex

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