I knew that I had gained
And yet I knew not how
By Diminution it was not
But Discipline unto

A Rigor unrelieved
Except by the Content
Another bear its Duplicate
In other Continent.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 1022. I knew that I had gained
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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