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XI "TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS"
Time and Eternity
XI "TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS", TIME AND ETERNITY by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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How many times these low feet staggered,
Only the soldered mouth can tell;
Try! can you stir the awful rivet?
Try! can you lift the hasps of steel?
Stroke the cool forehead, hot so often,
Lift, if you can, the listless hair;
Handle the adamantine fingers
Never a thimble more shall wear.
Buzz the dull flies on the chamber window;
Brave shines the sun through the freckled pane;
Fearless the cobweb swings from the ceiling --
Indolent housewife, in daisies lain!
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Time and Eternity  I II TOO LATE III ASTRA CASTRA IV V VI FROM THE CHRYSALIS VII SETTING SAIL VIII IX X XI "TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS" XII REAL XIII THE FUNERAL XIV XV XVI REFUGE XVII XVIII PLAYMATES XIX XX XXI THE FIRST LESSON XXII XXIII XXIV XXV DYING XXVI XXVII THE CHARIOT XXVIII XXIX RESURGAM XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII ALONG THE POTOMAC XXXIV XXXV EMANCIPATION XXXVI LOST XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL |
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