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• We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints

  We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints
  Sent various — scattered ways —
  We parted as the Central Flint …

• We miss a Kinsman more

  We miss a Kinsman more
  When warranted to see
  Than when withheld of Oceans …

  Emily Dickinson

• We miss Her, not because We see —

  We miss Her, not because We see —
  The Absence of an Eye —
  Except its Mind accompany …

• We never know how high we are

  We never know how high we are
  Till we are asked to rise
  And then if we are true to plan …

  Emily Dickinson

• We pray — to Heaven —

  We pray — to Heaven —
  We prate — of Heaven —
  Relate — when Neighbors die — …

  Emily Dickinson

• We see — Comparatively —

  We see — Comparatively —
  The Thing so towering high
  We could not grasp its segment …

  Emily Dickinson

• We send the Wave to find the Wave —

  We send the Wave to find the Wave —
  An Errand so divine,
  The Messenger enamored too, …

  Emily Dickinson

• We should not mind so small a flower —

  We should not mind so small a flower —
  Except it quiet bring
  Our little garden that we lost …

  Emily Dickinson

• We shun because we prize her Face

  We shun because we prize her Face
  Lest sight's ineffable disgrace
  Our Adoration stain

• We shun it ere it comes,

  We shun it ere it comes,
  Afraid of Joy,
  Then sue it to delay …

  Emily Dickinson

• We talked with each other about each other

  We talked with each other about each other
  Though neither of us spoke —
  We were listening to the seconds' Races …

• We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act —

  We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act —
  And later — when we die —
  A little Water supplicate — …

  Emily Dickinson

• We wear our sober Dresses when we die,

  We wear our sober Dresses when we die,
  But Summer, frilled as for a Holiday
  Adjourns her sigh —

• We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing —

  We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing —
  'Tisn't all Hock — with us —
  Life has its Ale — …

  Emily Dickinson

• We'll pass without the parting

  We'll pass without the parting
  So to spare
  Certificate of Absence — …

• Were it but Me that gained the Height —

  Were it but Me that gained the Height —
  Were it but They, that failed!
  How many things the Dying play …

• Were natural mortal lady

  Were natural mortal lady
  Who had so little time
  To pack her trunk and order …

• What care the Dead, for Chanticleer —

  What care the Dead, for Chanticleer —
  What care the Dead for Day?
  'Tis late your Sunrise vex their face — …

• What did They do since I saw Them?

  What did They do since I saw Them?
  Were They industrious?
  So many questions to put Them …

• What I can do — I will —

  What I can do — I will —
  Though it be little as a Daffodil —
  That I cannot — must be …

  Emily Dickinson

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