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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 332 of 446 · Third Series: Life

Poem 51

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A modest lot, a fame petite, A brief campaign of sting and sweet Is plenty! Is enough! A sailor's business is the shore, A soldier's -- balls. Who asketh more Must seek the neighboring life!

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