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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley but severe homesickness led her to return home after one year....
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Like brooms of steel (1252)  
by Emily Dickinson

Like brooms of steel  
The Snow and Wind  
Had swept the Winter Street,  
The House was hooked,  
The Sun sent out   
Faint Deputies of heat—  
The Apple in the cellar snug  
Where rode the Bird  
The Silence tied  
His ample, plodding Steed, 
Was all the one that played.
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