The Mind
I know lives I could miss
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
I know lives I could miss
Without misery,
Others—whose instant's wanting
Would be Eternity.
The last a scanty number,
'T would scarcely fill a two,
The first—a gnat's horizon
Could easily outgrow.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I know lives I could miss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/512/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I know lives I could miss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/512/.
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