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As by the dead we love to sit

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear,
As for the lost we grapple,
Though all the rest are here, —

In broken mathematics
We estimate our prize,
Vast, in its fading ratio,
To our penurious eyes!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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