Go not too near a House of Rose—

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

Go not too near a House of Rose —

The depredation of a Breeze —

Or inundation of a Dew

Alarms its walls away —


Nor try to tie the Butterfly,

Nor climb the Bars of Ecstasy,

In insecurity to lie

Is Joy's insuring quality.

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