The Mind
We miss a kinsman more
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
We miss a kinsman more
When warranted to see
Than when withheld by oceans
From possibility.
A furlong than a league
Inflicts a pricklier pain—
Till we, who smiled at Pyrenees,
Of parishes complain!
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Dickinson, Emily. “We miss a kinsman more.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/611/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “We miss a kinsman more.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/611/.
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