I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer

Emily Dickinson
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I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain - But He who weigheth - While the Rest - Expend their furthest pound - Of this Man - I am wary - I fear that He is Grand - ✨ Emily Dickinson, Cristanne Miller (2016). Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, p.315, Harvard University Press
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