Shall I take thee, the Poet said

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Shall I take thee, the Poet said
To the propounded word?
Be stationed with the Candidates
Till I have finer tried—

The Poet searched Philology
And when about to ring
For the suspended Candidate
There came unsummoned in—

That portion of the Vision
The Word applied to fill
Not unto nomination
The Cherubim reveal—

Emily Dickinson

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

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Indira Renganathan 21 November 2016

Is it about looking into the dictionary for a particular word...then coming to know it is no more in use...only Emily knows...but as usual that magical tone is there- 10

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* Sunprincess * 30 March 2016

......beautifully said, poets are amazing ★

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