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Emily Dickinson

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Somehow myself survived the Night
And entered with the Day—
That it be saved the Saved suffice
Without the Formula.

Henceforth I take my living place
As one commuted led—
A Candidate for Morning Chance
But dated with the Dead.

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1871

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