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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 443 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 56

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Far from love the Heavenly Father
Leads the chosen child;
Oftener through realm of briar
Than the meadow mild,

Oftener by the claw of dragon
Than the hand of friend,
Guides the little one predestined
To the native land.

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