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For each ecstatic instantWe must an anguish payIn keen and quivering ratioTo the ecstasy.
For each beloved hourSharp pittances of years —Bitter contested farthings —And Coffers heaped with Tears!
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There’s the Protestant ethos in a nutshell.
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I still find few poets as insightful as Emily Dickinson. Maybe it’s because we read a lot of her work in high school, but she’s still my favorite.
Thanks, Kim. Whitman, Dickinson and Frost are still the best, I think.
As for ecstatic moments that Emily writes about. That was then. Harder times. Some of us can have them fairly requently in our more prosperous world.
That was then. Not so much for some of us now.
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I’m not sure what’s going on, Betsy. It may be a technical glitch, or it may be something more sinister.
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There’s the Protestant ethos in a nutshell.
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I still find few poets as insightful as Emily Dickinson. Maybe it’s because we read a lot of her work in high school, but she’s still my favorite.
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Thanks, Kim. Whitman, Dickinson and Frost are still the best, I think.
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As for ecstatic moments that Emily writes about. That was then. Harder times. Some of us can have them fairly requently in our more prosperous world.
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That was then. Not so much for some of us now.
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couldn’t share, blocked
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I’m not sure what’s going on, Betsy. It may be a technical glitch, or it may be something more sinister.
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