ON BEING "SCANDALIZED"

#675
What Soft - Cherubic Creatures -
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 -

Emily Dickinson