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Emily Dickinson
Should you but fail at -- Sea -- (#226)
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Should you but fail at—Sea—
In sight of me—
Or doomed lie—
Next Sun—to die—
Or rap—at Paradise—unheard
I'd harass God
Until he let you in!
1775 poems
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