We parted with a contract
To cherish, and to write
But Heaven made both, impossible
Before another night.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
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Light swung the silver fleeces
"Peniel" Hills beyond,
And the bewildered Gymnast
Found he had worsted God!
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Proud of my night, since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.
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I worked for chaff and earning Wheat
Was haughty and betrayed.
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