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Emily Dickinson

1678

Peril as a Possesssion
’Tis Good to hear
Danger disintegrates Satiety
There’s Basis there—
Begets an awe
That searches Human Nature’s creases
As clean as Fire.

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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