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The Lamp Burns Sure-within

Emily Dickinson

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The Lamp burns sure-within-
Tho' Serfs-supply the Oil-
It matters not the busy Wick-
At her phosphoric toil!

The Slave-forgets-to fill-
The Lamp-burns golden-on-
Unconscious that the oil is out-
As that the Slave-is gone.

(C) Emily Dickinson
03/20/2017


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