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I'd rather recollect a setting

Emily Dickinson

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I'd rather recollect a setting
Than own a rising sun
Though one is beautiful forgetting—
And true the other one.

Because in going is a Drama
Staying cannot confer
To die divinely once a Twilight—
Than wane is easier—

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 22 Nov 2008 9:31 PM | Viewed: 4973 times

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