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A nearness to Tremendousness

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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A nearness to Tremendousness -
An Agony procures -
Affliction ranges Boundlessness -
Vicinity to Laws

Contentment's quiet Suburb -
Affliction cannot stay
In Acres - Its Location
Is Illocality -




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