Notes
9] played: the existing manuscript version of poem 712 reads "strove" (The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin in two volumes (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1981: I, 509-10; fascicle 23; PS 1541 A1 1981 ROBA).
10] Their lessons scarcely done: the existing manuscript version reads "At recess in the ring".
12] The existing manuscript version adds one stanza after this line:
Or rather He passed us.A tippet is a cape or scarf worn on the shoulders, and tulle is sheer silk material.
The dews drew quivering and chill
For only gossamer, my gown,
My tippet, only tulle.
16] cornice: projecting mould that overhangs a roof or wall
but a mound: the existing manuscript version reads "in the ground".
17] but each: the existing manuscript version reads "and yet".
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Original text: Poems (1890-1896) by Emily Dickinson: A Facsimile Reproduction of the Original Volumes Issued in 1890, 1891, and 1896, with an Introduction by George Monteiro (Gainesville, Florida: Scholars' Facsimiles).
First publication date:
1890
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1997.
Recent editing: 2:2002/5/31
Composition date:
1863
Rhyme: abcb (off-rhyme)