Read the poem: “Playmates”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Playmates

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God permits industrious angels

Afternoons to play.

I met one, — forgot my school-mates,

All, for him, straightway.

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God calls home the angels promptly

At the setting sun;

I missed mine. How dreary marbles,

After playing Crown!

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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