Daily Emily Dickinson

poems | source | simple

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                XL.

When I hoped I feared,
Since I hoped I dared;
Everywhere alone
As a church remain;
Spectre cannot harm,
Serpent cannot charm;
He deposes doom,
Who hath suffered him.


            
Friday, June 19, 2026
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