$24,150
DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886) Autograph Manuscript, c. 1873, five stanzas, four pages, small 8vo, identified as Poem 824, variant D, arranged in quatrains, in full: The Wind begun to rock the Grass/ With threatening Tunes and low-/ He flung a Menace at the Earth-/A Menace at the Sky; (Second Stanza), The Leaves unhooked themselves from Trees-/And started all abroad/The Dust did scoop itself like Hands/And throw away the Road; (Third Stanza), The Wagons quickened on the Streets/The Thunder hurried slow-/The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak/And then a livid Claw; (Fourth Stanza), The Birds put up the Bars to Nests-/The Cattle fled to Barns-/There came one drop of Giant Rain/And then as if the Hands; (Fifth Stanza), That held the Dams had parted hold/The Waters wrecked the Sky-/But overlooked my Father's House-/Just quartering a Tree. Note: This version has been represented in transcript (Boston Public Library 121-126) through Mary Thacher Higginson. This transcript, recorded as lost, was probably intended for T.W. Higginson. The offered lot contains the changes as outlined in the BPL transcript, in line 14 with "flung" deleted there and restored to line 3, as well as "Then" to line 15.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-11-10
