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The past is such a curious creature

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

The past is such a curious creature,
  To look her in the face
A transport may reward us,
  Or a disgrace.

Unarmed if any meet her,
  I charge him, fly!
Her rusty ammunition
  Might yet reply!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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