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Quotation by Emily Dickinson
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A Bird came down the WalkA Book (1) The Complete Poems (1955)A Clock stoppedAfter Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes (written c. 1862, published 1929)After great pain, a formal feeling comesRelated Subjects
experience (10) pain (10) death (6) hope (5) love (5) happiness (4) Job (3) learning (3) endurance (3) joy (3)
I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true—
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe—
Because I know it's true—
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe—
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), U.S. poet. The Complete Poems, no. 241 (1955).
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