If Blame be my side—forfeit Me

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



If Blame be my side—forfeit Me—
But doom me not to forfeit Thee—
To forfeit Thee? The very name
Is sentence from Belief—and House—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 145
Words 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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