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Emily Dickinson

1446

His Mind like Fabrics of the East
Displayed to the despair
Of everyone but here and there
An humble Purchaser—
For though his price was not of Gold—
More arduous there is—
That one should comprehend the worth
Was all the price there was—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1878

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