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Come slowly — Eden!

by Emily Dickinson, 1890

Come slowly—Eden
Lips unused to Thee—
Bashful—sip thy Jessamines
As the fainting Bee—

Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums—
Counts his nectars—
Enters—and is lost in Balms.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson
Tags: earth day, flowers, sex

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