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Emily Dickinson

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Not any higher stands the Grave
For Heroes than for Men—
Not any nearer for the Child
Than numb Three Score and Ten—

This latest Leisure equal lulls
The Beggar and his Queen
Propitiate this Democrat
A Summer’s Afternoon—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1873

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