History & Politics
I never hear the word "escape"
History & Politics
I never hear the word "escape"
Without a quicker blood,
A sudden expectation,
A flying attitude.
I never hear of prisons broad
By soldiers battered down,
But I tug childish at my bars, --
Only to fail again!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “I never hear the word "escape".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/124/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “I never hear the word "escape".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/124/.
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