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Emily Dickinson

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Paradise is that old mansion
Many owned before—
Occupied by each an instant
Then reversed the Door—
Bliss is frugal of her Leases
Adam taught her Thrift
Bankrupt once through his excesses—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1868

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