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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIRST LESSON, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Not in this world to see his face
Last Line: Himself could have the skies.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Not in this world to see his face
Last Line: Himself could have the skies.
Subject(s): Love
Not in this world to see his face
Sounds long, until I read the place
Where this is said to be
But just the primer to a life
Unopened, rare, upon the shelf,
Clasped yet to him and me.
And yet, my primer suits me so
I could not choose a book to know
Than that, be sweeter wise;
Might some one else so learned be,
And leave me just my A B C,
Himself could have the skies.
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