Fascicle 16: Dickinson's variants and published versions
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ORIGINAL POEMSEmily DickinsonPoems, First SeriesEmily DickinsonMabel loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth HigginsonBostonRoberts Brothers1890oems by Emily Dickinson, First Series (html version)The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Centenary EditionEmily DickinsonMartha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete HampsonBostonLittle, Brown and Company1930Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's PoemsEmily DickinsonThomas H. JohnsonBostonLittle, Brown and Company1961
Poem 10 (J 608: 1862/1890)Afraid! Of whom am I afraid?Not Deathdeath—; for who is Hehe?The Porterporter of my Father'sfather'sLodgelodgeAs much abasheth me!.Of Lifelife? 'Twere odd I fear a [a] thingThat comprehendeth meIn one or two more—more Existencesexistences—Just as the case may beAs Deity decreeAt Deity's decree—.Of Resurrectionresurrection? Is the EasteastAfraid to trust the MornmornWith her fastidious forehead?As soon impeach my Crowncrown!