Read the poem: “The Lost Jewel”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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The Lost Jewel

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I held a jewel in my fingers

And went to sleep.

The day was warm, and winds were prosy;

I said: “‘T will keep.”

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I woke and chid my honest fingers, —

The gem was gone;

And now an amethyst remembrance

Is all I own.

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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