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Emily Dickinson

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After the Sun comes out
How it alters the World—
Waggons like messengers hurry about
Yesterday is old—

All men meet as if
Each foreclosed a news—
Fresh as a Cargo from Batize
Nature’s qualities—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1869

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