Surgeons must be very careful
Surgeons must be very careful
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).
2When they take the knife!
3Underneath their fine incisions
4Stirs the Culprit--Life!
Notes
1] For the existing manuscript version of poem 108, see 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, 122; fascicle 7; PS 1541 A1 1981 ROBA). Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1891
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1997.
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