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That it will never come again

A poem by Emily Dickinson · No. 1741

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That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet. Believing what we don't believe Does not exhilarate.

That if it be, it be at best An ablative estate -- This instigates an appetite Precisely opposite.

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

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  1. natalie United States

    i like this poem, it describes how i feel right now

  2. Vee United States

    this poem is weird

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