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HomeDecember 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886. It was the preferred flower of life confided in a note of thanks to Mabel Loomis Todd who painted a picture of them to give the poet. Apparently unaware of this preference she may have observed the shared proclivities of flower and poet for primeval shade and sustenance. In an 1873 paean to the end of winter, Emily Dickinson immortalized this bloom visible between June and September. White as an Indian Pipe. Red as a Cardinal Flower. Fabulous as a Moon at Noon. To comple...
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