We miss a Kinsman more
When warranted to see
Than when withheld of Oceans
From possibility

A Furlong than a League
Inflicts a pricklier pain,
Till We, who smiled at Pyrenees —
Of Parishes, complain.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem We miss a Kinsman more

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