You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds woul…

Emily Dickinson
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You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor. ✨ Emily Dickinson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated), p.795, Delphi Classics
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We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble. ✨ Emily Dickinson (1986). Selected Letters, p.279, Harvard University Press
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I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? For beauty, I replied. And I for truth, the two ar … ▶
in this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power. ✨ Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). The Poems of Emily Dickinson, p.502, Harvard University Press

You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor. ✨ Emily Dickinson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated), p.795, Delphi Classics

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