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They say that 'time assuages,' —

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

They say that 'time assuages,' —
  Time never did assuage;
An actual suffering strengthens,
  As sinews do, with age.

Time is a test of trouble,
  But not a remedy.
If such it prove, it prove too
  There was no malady.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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