Read the poem: “Sunset (“Where ships of purple gently toss)”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < Sunset (A sloop of amber slips away)
Superfluous were the sun > > >

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Sunset

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Where ships of purple gently toss

On seas of daffodil,

Fantastic sailors mingle,

And then — the wharf is still.

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< < < Sunset (A sloop of amber slips away)
Superfluous were the sun > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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