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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
1685

The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology—

Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute—

Had he the homely scutcheon
Of modest Industry
’Twere fitter certifying
For Immortality—
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