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1830–1886

THE TEST.

Emily Dickinson

I can wade grief, Whole pools of it, — I‘ m used to that. But the least push of joy

Breaks up my feet, And I tip — drunken. Let no pebble smile, ‘ T was the new liquor, —

That was all! Power is only pain, Stranded, through discipline, Till weights will hang.

Give balm to giants, And they‘ ll wilt, like men. Give Himmaleh, — They‘ ll carry him!

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