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Emily Dickinson

1005

Bind me—I still can sing—
Banish—my mandolin
Strikes true within—

Slay—and my Soul shall rise
Chanting to Paradise—
Still thine.

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1865

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