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We knew not that we were to live-
Nor when-we are to die-
Our ignorance-our cuirass is-
We wear Mortality
As lightly as an Option Gown
Till asked to take it off-
By his intrusion, God is known-
It is the same with Life-
We Knew Not That We Were To Live'
Emily Dickinson
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