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Emily Dickinson

372

I know lives, I could miss
Without a Misery—
Others—whose instant’s wanting—
Would be Eternity—

The last—a scanty Number—
’Twould scarcely fill a Two—
The first—a Gnat’s Horizon
Could easily outgrow—

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

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