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Uncertain lease-develops lustre

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Uncertain lease-develops lustre
On Time
Uncertain Grasp, appreciation
Of Sum-

The shorter Fate-is oftener the chiefest
Because
Inheritors upon a tenure
Prize-




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