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Emily Dickinson

1088

Ended, ere it begun—
The Title was scarcely told
When the Preface perished from Consciousness
The Story, unrevealed—

Had it been mine, to print!
Had it been yours, to read!
That it was not Our privilege
The interdict of God—

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

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