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Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff Information
by EmilyDickinson
XV
XVII

Refuge

Refuge

The clouds their backs together laid,
The north begun to push,
The forests galloped till they fell,
The lightning skipped like mice;
The thunder crumbled like a stuff —
How good to be safe in tombs,
Where nature's temper cannot reach,
Nor vengeance ever comes!
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