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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 438 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 51

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Water is taught by thirst; Land, by the oceans passed; Transport, by throe; Peace, by its battles told; Love, by memorial mould; Birds, by the snow.

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