Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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It was not death, for I stood up, And all the dead lie down It was not night, for all the bells Put out their tongues, for noon.Emily Dickinson
Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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I cannot live with You --
It would be Life --
And Life is over there --
Behind the Shelf
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A Counterfeit -- a Plated Person --
I would not be --
Whatever strata of Iniquity
My Nature underlie --
Truth is good Health -- and Safety, and the Sky.
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Attempted to expound
What Neither -- understood --
Alas, that Wisdom is so large --
And Truth -- so manifold!
Emily Dickinson
A Sailor's business is the shore!
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