Ambition cannot find him.
Affection doesn’t know
How many leagues of nowhere
Lie between them now.

Yesterday, undistinguished!
Eminent Today
For our mutual hone, Immortality!

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Ambition cannot find him.

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  1. Brian says:

    Does anyone know what this poem means? If you do, can you explain it to me?

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