What soft, cherubic creatures
by Emily Dickinson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
These gentlewomen are!
One would as soon assault a plush
Or violate a star.
Such dimity convictions,
A horror so refined
Of freckled human nature,
Of Deity ashamed,—
It's such a common glory,
A fisherman's degree!
Redemption, brittle lady,
Be so, ashamed of thee.