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Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
1830-1886

 
"The First Day's
Night Had Come"

 
The first day's night had come –
And, grateful that a thing
So terrible had been endured,
I told my Soul to sing.

She said her strings were snappt,
Her bow to atoms blown;
And so, to mend her, gave me work
Until another morn.

And then a Day as huge
As Yesterday in pairs
Unrolled its horror on my face –
Until it blocked my eyes.

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