Insulting is the sun
To him whose mortal light
Beguiled of immortality
Bequeaths him to the night.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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The event was directly behind HimYet He did not guess
Fitted itself to Himself like a Robe
Relished His ignorance.
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We turn not older with years, but newer every day.
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Fame is a bee It has a song- It has a sting- Ah, too, it has a wing.
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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
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Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee --
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.
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A Bog -- affronts my shoe --
What else have Bogs -- to do --
The only Trade they know --
The splashing Men!
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