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Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff Information
by EmilyDickinson
XI
Memorials

XII

As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear,
As for the lost we grapple,
Though all the rest are here, —
In broken mathematics
We estimate our prize,
Vast, in its fading ratio,
To our penurious eyes!
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