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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 438 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 51

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Water is taught by thirst;
Land, by the oceans passed;
Transport, by throe;
Peace, by its battles told;
Love, by memorial mould;
Birds, by the snow.

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