The Mind
The blunder is to estimate
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
The blunder is to estimate,—
"Eternity is Then,"
We say, as of a station.
Meanwhile he is so near,
He joins me in my ramble,
Divides abode with me,
No friend have I that so persists
As this Eternity.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The blunder is to estimate.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/733/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The blunder is to estimate.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/733/.
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