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I hide myself within my flower

by Emily Dickinson, 1890

I hide myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too —
And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower,
That, fading from your vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me
Almost a loneliness.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson
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