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Page 111
... stone , And how the silence surged softly backward , When the plunging hoofs were gone . Emily Dickinson SAFE IN THEIR ALABASTER CHAMBERS Safe in their alabaster chambers , Untouched by morning and untouched by noon , Sleep the meek ...
... stone , And how the silence surged softly backward , When the plunging hoofs were gone . Emily Dickinson SAFE IN THEIR ALABASTER CHAMBERS Safe in their alabaster chambers , Untouched by morning and untouched by noon , Sleep the meek ...
Page 131
... stone on a stone , But they would have the rabbit out of hiding , To please the yelping dogs . The gaps I mean , No one has seen them made or heard them made , But at spring mending - time we find them there . I let my neighbour know ...
... stone on a stone , But they would have the rabbit out of hiding , To please the yelping dogs . The gaps I mean , No one has seen them made or heard them made , But at spring mending - time we find them there . I let my neighbour know ...
Page 170
... stone trough And rested his throat upon the stone bottom , And where the water had dripped from the tap , in a small clearness , He sipped with his straight mouth , Softly drank through his straight gums , into his slack long body ...
... stone trough And rested his throat upon the stone bottom , And where the water had dripped from the tap , in a small clearness , He sipped with his straight mouth , Softly drank through his straight gums , into his slack long body ...
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