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It is a lonesome Glee

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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It is a lonesome Glee-
Yet sanctifies the Mind-
With fair association-
Afar upon the Wind

A Bird to overhear
Delight without a Cause-
Arrestless as invisible-
A matter of the Skies.




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