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1830–1886

LII.

Emily Dickinson

Is bliss, then, such abyss I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my foot

Than save my boot, For yet to buy another pair Is possible At any fair.

But bliss is sold just once; The patent lost None buy it any more.

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