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Emily Dickinson

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It is an honorable Thought
And make One lift One’s Hat
As One met sudden Gentlefolk
Upon a daily Street

That We’ve immortal Place
Though Pyramids decay
And Kingdoms, like the Orchard
Flit Russetly away

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1864

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