Was Not Was All The Statement

Emily Dickinson

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“Was not” was all the Statement.
The Unpretension stuns—
Perhaps—the Comprehension—
They wore no Lexicons—

But lest our Speculation
In inanition die
Because “God took him” mention—
That was Philology—

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