I cannot want it more --
I cannot want it less --
My Human Nature's fullest force
Expends itself on this.

And yet it nothing is
To him who easy owns --
Is Worth itself or Distance
He fathoms who obtains.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1301. I cannot want it more --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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