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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 297 of 446 · Third Series: Life

A Book

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There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul!

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