Notes
3-4] The existing manuscript version of poem 288 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, 209; fascicle 11; PS 1541 A1 1981 ROBA), moves "don't tell" to the beginning of line 4.
7] day: the existing manuscript reads "June".
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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:
1861
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1997
Recent editing: 2:2002/5/31
Composition date:
1861
Rhyme: abcb (off-rhyme)