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Conjecturing a Climate

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Conjecturing a Climate
Of unsuspended Suns -
Adds poignancy to Winter -
The Shivering Fancy turns

To a fictitious Country
To palliate a Cold -
Not obviated of Degree -
Nor erased - of Latitude -




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