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Emily Dickinson

1467

A little overflowing word
That any, hearing, had inferred
For Ardor or for Tears,
Though Generations pass away,
Traditions ripen and decay,
As eloquent appears—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1879

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