THE difference between despair
THE difference between despair / And fear, is like the one
AMBITION cannot find him
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AMBITION cannot find him,
Affection doesn't know
How many leagues of Nowhere
Lie between them now.
Yesterday undistinguished–
Eminent today,
For our mutual honor–
Immortality!
More poems by Emily Dickinson
THE SUN'S WOOING - The sun just touched the morning
The sun just touched the morning; / The morning, happy thing,
THE MARTYRS - Through the straight pass of suffering
Through the straight pass of suffering / The martyrs even trod,
Is bliss, then, such abyss
Is bliss, then, such abyss / I must not put my foot amiss