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The butterfiy's assumption-gown

by Emily Dickinson, 1890

The butterfiy's assumption-gown,
In chrysoprase apartments hung,
  This afternoon put on.

  How condescending to descend,
And be of buttercups the friend
  In a New England town!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson
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