The Mind
I should not dare to be so sad
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
I should not dare to be so sad
So many years again.
A load is first impossible
When we have put it down.
The Superhuman then withdraws,
And we who never saw
The Giant at the other side
Begin to perish now.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I should not dare to be so sad.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/519/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I should not dare to be so sad.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/519/.
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