Read the poem: “Belshazzar had a letter, —”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Belshazzar had a letter, —

Belshazzar had a letter, —

He never had but one;

Belshazzar’s correspondent

Concluded and begun

In that immortal copy

The conscience of us all

Can read without its glasses

On revelation’s wall.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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