Notes
1] In 1853 two railroad lines came to Amherst, Emily's home (Johnson, Poems [1963], I: xx).
8] a quarry pare: peel or shave (the sides of) the quarry
9] sides: the existing manuscript version of poem 585 reads "ribs" The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin in volumes (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1981: I, 414; fascicle 19; PS 1541 A1 1981 ROBA).
11] stanza: small poem
13] Boanerges: Mark 3. 17 describes how Jesus named his disciplines, the brothers James and John, "Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder"
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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:
1891
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1997
Recent editing: 2:2002/5/31*1:2005/2/28
Composition date:
1862
Rhyme: abcb (off-rhyme)