Read the poem: “Waiting”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Waiting

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I sing to use the waiting,

   My bonnet but to tie,

And shut the door unto my house;

   No more to do have I,

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Till, his best step approaching,

   We journey to the day,

And tell each other how we sang

   To keep the dark away.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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