The heart asks pleasure first, and then excuse from pain, and then those little anodynes that deaden suffering
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First at the March -- competing with the Wind --Her panting note exalts us -- like a friend --
Last to adhere when Summer cleaves away --
Elegy of Integrity.
Emily Dickinson
Two full Autumns for the Squirrel
Bounteous prepared --
Nature, Had'st thou not a Berry
For thy wandering Bird?
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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
Emily Dickinson
Were it to be the last
How infinite would be
What we did not suspect was marked --
Our final interview.
Emily Dickinson
Not for the Sorrow, done me --
But the push of Joy --
Say it again, Saxton!
Emily Dickinson
Who asketh more,
Must seek the neighboring life!
Emily Dickinson
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