A Nearness To Tremendousness Poem by Emily Dickinson

A Nearness To Tremendousness

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A nearness to Tremendousness—
An Agony procures—
Affliction ranges Boundlessness—
Vicinity to Laws

Contentment's quiet Suburb—
Affliction cannot stay
In Acres—Its Location
Is Illocality—

Emily Dickinson
Monday, January 13, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: affliction
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* Sunprincess * 20 September 2015

....love the vocabulary..excellent poem ★

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Angelina Holmes 05 May 2014

absolutely fantastic. always a pleasure.

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