Living
'T is whiter than an Indian pipe
Living
'T is whiter than an Indian pipe,
'T is dimmer than a lace;
No stature has it, like a fog,
When you approach the place.
Not any voice denotes it here,
Or intimates it there;
A spirit, how doth it accost?
What customs hath the air?
This limitless hyperbole
Each one of us shall be;
'T is drama, if (hypothesis)
It be not tragedy!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “'T is whiter than an Indian pipe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/404/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “'T is whiter than an Indian pipe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/404/.
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