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Too Late (Dickinson)
by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) English
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Oh, if there may departing be
Any forgot by victory
In her imperial round,
Show them this meek apparelled thing,
That could not stop to be a king,
Doubtful if it be crowned !
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