The Mind
Safe Despair it is that raves
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
Safe Despair it is that raves,
Agony is frugal,
Puts itself severe away
For its own perusal.
Garrisoned no Soul can be
In the front of Trouble,
Love is one, not aggregate,
Nor is Dying double.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Safe Despair it is that raves.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/710/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Safe Despair it is that raves.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/710/.
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