The Mind
The largest fire ever known
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
The largest fire ever known
Occurs each afternoon,
Discovered is without surprise,
Proceeds without concern:
Consumes, and no report to men,
An Occidental town,
Rebuilt another morning
To be again burned down.
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Dickinson, Emily. “The largest fire ever known.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/741/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “The largest fire ever known.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/741/.
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