Relationships
Softened by Time's consummate plush
Relationships
Softened by Time's consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears
That threatened childhood's citadel
And undermined the years!
Bisected now by bleaker griefs,
We envy the despair
That devastated childhood's realm,
So easy to repair.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Softened by Time's consummate plush.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/335/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Softened by Time's consummate plush.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/335/.
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