Living
A sickness of this world it most occasions
Living
A sickness of this world it most occasions
When best men die;
A wishfulness their far condition
To occupy.
A chief indifference, as foreign
A world must be
Themselves forsake contented,
For Deity.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “A sickness of this world it most occasions.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/419/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “A sickness of this world it most occasions.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/419/.
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