Time & Brevity
They say that 'time assuages,' --
Time & Brevity
They say that 'time assuages,' --
Time never did assuage;
An actual suffering strengthens,
As sinews do, with age.
Time is a test of trouble,
But not a remedy.
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no malady.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “They say that 'time assuages,' --.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/389/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “They say that 'time assuages,' --.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/389/.
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