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Ideals are the Fairly Oil

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Ideals are the Fairly Oil
With which we help the Wheel
But when the Vital Axle turns
The Eye rejects the Oil.




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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
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    To R. L. NEITHER her voice, her name, Eyes, quietness neither, That moved through the light, that came Cold stalk in her teeth Bitten of some blue flower Knew I before nor saw.