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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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Talk with prudence to a Beggar
Of "Potose," and the mines!
Reverently, to the Hungry
Of your viands, and your wines!

Cautious, hint to any Captive
You have passed enfranchised feet!
Anecdotes of air in Dungeons
Have sometimes proved deadly sweet!

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. Love's Humility
  2. What Soft, Cherubic Creatures
  3. Desire
  4. Power
  5. Is Bliss, Then, Such Abyss


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