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Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Best Things Dwell Out of Sight

998
 
Best Things dwell out of Sight
The Pearl—the Just—Our Thought.
 
Most shun the Public Air
Legitimate, and Rare—
 
The Capsule of the Wind
The Capsule of the Mind
 
Exhibit here, as doth a Burr—
Germ’s Germ be where?

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