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Emily Dickinson

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I fit for them—
I seek the Dark
Till I am thorough fit.
The labor is a sober one
With this sufficient sweet
That abstinence of mine produce
A purer food for them, if I succeed,
If not I had
The transport of the Aim—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1867

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