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THE BUTTERFLY OBTAINS by EMILY DICKINSON

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Last Line: For Immortality 
Subject(s): BUTTERFLIES; IMMORTALITY;
The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology -

Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute -

Had he the homely scutcheon
Of modest Industry
'Twere fitter certifying
For Immortality


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