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When I hoped I feared

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

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.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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