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Heart, we will forget him!

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

Heart, we will forget him!
  You and I, to-night!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
  I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,
  That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you're lagging,
  I may remember him!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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