A darting fear -- a pomp -- a tear --
A waking on a morn
To find that what one waked for,
Inhales the different dawn.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 87. A darting fear -- a pomp -- a tear
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Dec 1 2003
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