I had no time to Hate --
Because
The Grave would hinder Me --
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish -- Enmity --
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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I saw, as if my Eye were onAnother, till a Thing
And now I know 'twas Light, because
It fitted them, came in.
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Crowns of Life" are servile Prizes
To the stately Heart,
Given for the Giving, solely,
No Emolument.
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Lest Love should value less
What Loss would value more
Had it the stricken privilege,
It cherishes before.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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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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They ask but our Delight --
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a penurious smile.
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