Since then 'tis centuries and yet
Feels shorter than the DAY
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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The River reaches to my feet --As yet -- My Heart be dry --
Oh Lover -- Life could not convince --
Might Death -- enable Thee --
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New children play upon the green --
New Weary sleep below --
And still the pensive Spring returns --
And still the punctual snow!
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The satyr's fingers beckoned --
The valley murmured "Come" --
These were the mates --
This was the road
Those children fluttered home.
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The Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Bee A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy
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That odd old man is dead a year --
We miss his stated Hat.
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Than Heaven more remote,
For Heaven is the root,
But these the flitted seed.
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