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Eden is that old-fashioned House

A poem by Emily Dickinson · No. 1657

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Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
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Eden is that old-fashioned House We dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode Until we drive away.

How fair on looking back, the Day We sauntered from the Door -- Unconscious our returning, But discover it no more.

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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