[Lyric] Im (Emily Dickinson)

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I'm "wife"—I've finished that
That other state
I'm Czar—I'm "Woman" now
It's safer so

How odd the Girl's life looks
Behind this soft Eclipse
I think that Earth feels so
To folks in Heaven—now

This being comfort—then
That other kind—was pain
But why compare?
I'm "Wife"! Stop there!