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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

As Sleigh Bells Seem in Summer

981
 
As Sleigh Bells seem in summer
Or Bees, at Christmas show—
So fairy—so fictitious
The individuals do
Repealed from observation—
A Party that we knew—
More distant in an instant
Than Dawn in Timbuctoo.

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