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Before the ice is in the pools

Emily Dickinson

Before the ice is in the pools—
Before the skaters go,
Or any check at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow—

Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder upon wonder
Will arrive to me!


Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson1830 - 1886

Emily Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, is recognised as one of the most startling and original poets in the English language, but was regarded as an eccentric in her lifetime and a minor poet for some years afterwards. Only...
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