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Emily Dickinson

310

Give little Anguish—
Lives will fret—
Give Avalanches—
And they’ll slant—
Straighten—look cautious for their Breath—
But make no syllable—like Death—
Who only shows the Marble Disc—
Sublimer sort—than Speech—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1862

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