Two Lengths has every Day —
by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) English
Two Lengths has every Day —
Its absolute extent
And Area superior
By Hope or Horror lent —
Eternity will be
Velocity or Pause
At Fundamental Signals
From Fundamental Laws.
To die is not to go —
On Doom's consummate Chart
No Territory new is staked —
Remain thou as thou art.
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It swallows substance up —
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