Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
(10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)
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A Doubt If It Be Us - Poem by Emily Dickinson
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A doubt if it be Us
Assists the staggering Mind
In an extremer Anguish
Until it footing find.
An Unreality is lent,
A merciful Mirage
That makes the living possible
While it suspends the lives.
Poems by Emily Dickinson : 23 / 1232
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Poem Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
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A Doubt If It Be Us
A doubt is still a doubt and that their hope is only a mirage and that is understood well by them to stay apart...very nice work- 10 (Report) Reply
A Doubt If It Be Us
A doubt is still a doubt even if an unreal merciful mirage can make the living possible
as it is only a mirage and that is understood well by them to stay apart...very nice work- 10 (Report) Reply
Merciful mirage... interesting (Report) Reply
..........amazing thoughts in this write...enjoyed.. (Report) Reply
.......and no doubt about this one...truly a fine poem...enjoyed.. (Report) Reply