This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons…

Emily Dickinson
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This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons, recollect the Snow- First-Chill-then Stupor- then the letting go--- ✨ 'After great pain, a formal feeling comes' (1862)
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This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons, recollect the Snow- First-Chill-then Stupor- then the letting go--- ✨ 'After great pain, a formal feeling comes' (1862)

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