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Emily Dickinson

1048

Reportless Subjects, to the Quick
Continual addressed—
But foreign as the Dialect
Of Danes, unto the rest.

Reportless Measures, to the Ear
Susceptive—stimulus—
But like an Oriental Tale
To others, fabulous—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1865

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