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    Emily Dickinson sent this 3 line poem to her friend Sue for her 40th birthday, expressing that she was glad Sue was born and that Sue's life was like a noble holiday or consciousness that transcended any single date. The poem analyst notes the poem was sent with flowers to Sue on her 40th birthday to assure her of Emily's happiness for her birthday and view of Sue's life as a noble event outside of any single celebration date.

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    Emily Dickinson sent this 3 line poem to her friend Sue for her 40th birthday, expressing that she was glad Sue was born and that Sue's life was like a noble holiday or consciousness that transcended any single date. The poem analyst notes the poem was sent with flowers to Sue on her 40th birthday to assure her of Emily's happiness for her birthday and view of Sue's life as a noble event outside of any single celebration date.

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    Analysis: " Lest Any Doubt That We Are Glad That They Were Born Today" by Emily Dickinson

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    "Lest any doubt that we are glad that they were born Today"

    By Emily Dickinson
    [Analysis]
    Lest any doubt that we are glad that they were born Today [1]
    Whose having lived is held by us in noble Holiday [2]
    Without the date, like Consciousness or Immortality -- [3]
    Poem 1156 [F1191]
    "Lest any doubt that we are glad that they were born Today"
    Analysis by David Preest
    [Poem]
    These lines were sent with flowers to Sue on her fortieth birthday (L356), so that Sue should have no doubts about Emily being glad that
    it was her birthday. Indeed Emily always regards Sue's whole life as a 'holy-day' of some nobility, which does not need a particular date
    within it to be marked, any more than 'Consciousness' does or 'Immortality.'
    Sue was born on 19 December 1830, only nine days after Emily herself.
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