The Mind
No other can reduce
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
No other can reduce
Our mortal consequence,
Like the remembering it be nought
A period from hence.
But contemplation for
Cotemporaneous nought
Our single competition;
Jehovah's estimate.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “No other can reduce.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/696/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “No other can reduce.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/696/.
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