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Tis Not The Swaying Frame We Miss

Emily Dickinson

1597

'Tis not the swaying frame we miss,
It is the steadfast Heart,
That had it beat a thousand years,
With Love alone had bent,
Its fervor the electric Oar,
That bore it through the Tomb,
Ourselves, denied the privilege,
Consolelessly presume-

(C) Emily Dickinson
01/01/2000


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