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Superiority to fate

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

Superiority to fate
  Is difficult to learn.
'Tis not conferred by any,
  But possible to earn

A pittance at a time,
  Until, to her surprise,
The soul with strict economy
  Subsists till Paradise.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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