A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came,
A Wisdom, without Face, or Name,
A Peace, as Hemispheres at Home
And so the Night became.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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And thine immortal wine!
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Not for itself, the Dust is shy,
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If "God is Love" as he admits
We think that me must be
Because he is a "jealous God"
He tells us certainly
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When every way we fly
We are molested equally
By immortality.
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A Deed knocks first at Thought And then it knocks at Will That is the manufacturing spot.
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