Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove

Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove --
Till we -- are stouter --
What they -- renounced --
Till we -- are less afraid --
How many times they -- bore the faithful witness --
Till we -- are helped --
As if a Kingdom -- cared!

Read then -- of faith --
That shone above the fagot --
Clear strains of Hymn
The River could not drown --
Brave names of Men --
And Celestial Women --
Passed out -- of Record
Into -- Renown!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 260. Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Nov 13 2005 Comment 1 of 1, added on June 29th, 2010 at 10:50 AM. I get strength from reading the lives and deaths of the faithful; maybe my poems will live on someday also. frumpo from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 260. Read -- Sweet -- how others -- strove Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-24 11:15:24 Poem of the Day: Nov 13 2005 Viewed 527 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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