Gratitude -- is not the mention
Of a Tenderness,
But its still appreciation
Out of Plumb of Speech.

When the Sea return no Answer
By the Line and Lead
Proves it there's no Sea, or rather
A remoter Bed?

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 989. Gratitude -- is not the mention
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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