Ample make this Bed

Emily Dickinson· 1830 – 1886· American· 1861

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Ample make this Bed

Emily Dickinson

Ample make this Bed —

Make this Bed with Awe —

In it wait till Judgment break

Excellent and Fair.

Be its Mattress straight —

Be its Pillow round —

Let no Sunrise' yellow noise

Interrupt this Ground —

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Written c. 1861. Published 1891.

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