You left me—Sire—two Legacies

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You left me—Sire—two Legacies—
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of—

You left me Boundaries of Pain—
Capacious as the Sea—
Between Eternity and Time—
Your Consciousness—and Me—

Emily Dickinson

Monday, January 13, 2003

Topic(s) of this poem: love

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Folorunso Oladipo Daniel 30 May 2016

The world, though, made up of two- good and bad that is why the persona is left with two lagacies

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Alisha Castle 27 December 2015

beautiful and so true..........

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Folorunso Oladipo Daniel 26 December 2015

this is very common amongst the nowadays love... the poet has really done great work. You can also read my poem 'Apposite' very similar to this.

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Captain Herbert Poetry 12 July 2015

... lovely and beautiful work

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Claire Alexander 22 March 2007

this poem aptly describes both the pain and love that lives within a broken heart. harmoniously lovely.

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