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Poems by Emily Dickinson

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Through the Dark Sod -- as Education

... Her faith -- no fear --Afterward -- in the Meadow -- ...

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You love me -- you are sure

... And Dollie -- gone!I need not start -- you're sure -- ...

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant --

... The Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children eased ...

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The Red -- Blaze -- is the Morning

... And after that -- is none --But Miles of Sparks -- at Evening -- ...

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A slash of Blue

... A little purple -- slipped between -- ...

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Success is counted sweetest

... So clear of VictoryAs he defeated -- dying -- ...

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The Soul selects her own Society

... Present no more --Unmoved -- she notes the Chariots -- pausing -- ...

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A Route of Evanescence

... The mail from Tunis, probably, ...

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I taste a liquor never brewed

... I shall but drink the more!Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats -- ...

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If I should die,

... 'Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand ...

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"Sic transit gloria mundi"

... Yet they are sleeping still, --The trumpet, sir, shall wake them, ...

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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

... That Sense was breaking through --And when they all were seated, ...

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Much Madness is divinest Sense

... Much MADNESS is divinest sense (Author) ...

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One Sister have I in our house

... Which shortened all the miles --And still her hum ...

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There's been a Death, in the Opposite House,

... There'll be that Dark Parade --Of Tassels -- and of Coaches -- soon -- ...