The Sunrise Runs for Both, by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

The Sunrise Runs for Both

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The Sunrise runs for Both—

The East—Her Purple Troth

Keeps with the Hill—

The Noon unwinds Her Blue

Till One Breadth cover Two—

Remotest—still—

Nor does the Night forget

A Lamp for Each—to set—

Wicks wide away—

The North—Her blazing Sign

Erects in Iodine—

Till Both—can see—

The Midnight’s Dusky Arms

Clasp Hemispheres, and Homes

And so

Upon Her Bosom—One—

And One upon Her Hem—

Both lie—

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