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I sing to use the Waiting

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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I sing to use the Waiting
My Bonnet but to tie
And shut the Door unto my House
No more to do have I

Till His best step approaching
We journey to the Day
And tell each other how We sung
To Keep the Dark away.




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