I sometimes drop it, for a Quick --
The Thought to be alive --
Anonymous Delight to know --
And Madder -- to conceive --

Consoles a Woe so monstrous
That did it tear all Day,
Without an instant's Respite --
'Twould look too far -- to Die --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 708. I sometimes drop it, for a Quick --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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