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Step lightly on this narrow spot!

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

Step lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows
Is not so ample as the breast
These emerald seams enclose.

Step lofty; for this name is told
As far as cannon dwell,
Or flag subsist, or fame export
Her deathless syllable.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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