Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior --
As soon -- Adversity

A Diamond -- overtake
In far -- Bolivian Ground --
Misfortune hath no implement
Could mar it -- if it found --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 395. Reverse cannot befall
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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