Read the poem: “What soft, cherubic creatures”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < What inn is this
When I hoped I feared > > >

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What soft, cherubic creatures

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What soft, cherubic creatures

   These gentlewomen are!

One would as soon assault a plush

   Or violate a star.

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Such dimity convictions,

   A horror so refined

Of freckled human nature,

   Of Deity ashamed, —

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It’s such a common glory,

   A fisherman’s degree!

Redemption, brittle lady,

   Be so, ashamed of thee.

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< < < What inn is this
When I hoped I feared > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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