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The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small—
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at all.
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 1551, Harvard variorum edition (1955). ThoseDying Then (written c. 1882, published 1945).)
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'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch,
That nearer, every Day,
Kept narrowing its boiling Wheel
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (l. 1-3). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown.)
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Just lost, when I was saved!
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Just lost, when I was saved! (L. 1). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown.)
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After great pain, a formal feeling comes—
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. After great pain, a formal feeling comes (l. 1).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown.)
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When God—remembered—and the Fiend
Let go, then, Overcome—
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (l. 16-17). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown.)
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I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true—
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe—
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Complete Poems, no. 241 (1955).)
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To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter I know,
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of Woe.
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Complete Poems, no. 126 (1955).)
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