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A Coffin – is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In it diminished Plane.
A Grave – is a restricted Breadth –
Yet ampler than the Sun –
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon
To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend –
Circumference without Relief –
Or Estimate – or End –
(Emily Dickinson)
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