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Emily Dickinson

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Because ’twas Riches I could own,
Myself had earned it—Me,
I knew the Dollars by their names—
It feels like Poverty

An Earldom out of sight to hold,
An Income in the Air,
Possession—has a sweeter chink
Unto a Miser’s Ear—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1866

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