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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 26 of 446 · First Series: Life

Poem 26

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The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, 'T were easier for you To put the water back When floods have slit the hills, And scooped a turnpike for themselves, And blotted out the mills!

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