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Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

Source: DRAMATISTS

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing Eyes --
I wonder if It weighs like Mine --
Or has an Easier size.

Source: 1862; Poems, Third Series, 1896.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.


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