As By The Dead We Love To Sit Poem by Emily Dickinson

As By The Dead We Love To Sit

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As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear—
As for the lost we grapple
Tho' all the rest are here—

In broken mathematics
We estimate our prize
Vast—in its fading ration
To our penurious eyes!

Emily Dickinson
Monday, January 13, 2003
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Angelina Holmes 06 May 2014

Love her choice of words. Always a delight.

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