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A Toad, Can Die Of Light

Emily Dickinson

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A Toad, can die of Light-
Death is the Common Right
Of Toads and Men-
Of Earl and Midge
The privilege-
Why swagger, then?
The Gnat's supremacy is large as Thine-

Life-is a different Thing-
So measure Wine-
Naked of Flask-Naked of Cask-
Bare Rhine-
Which Ruby's mine?

(C) Emily Dickinson
01/01/2000


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