Read the poem: “A Book (There is no frigate like a book)”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < A Book
A charm invests a face > > >

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A Book

There is no frigate like a book

   To take us lands away,

Nor any coursers like a page

   Of prancing poetry.

This traverse may the poorest take

   Without oppress of toll;

How frugal is the chariot

   That bears a human soul!

< < < A Book
A charm invests a face > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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