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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
By a departing light
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By a departing light
We see acuter, quite,
Than by a wick that stays.
There’s something in the flight
That clarifies the sight
And decks the rays.
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
(1830 - 1886/Female/American)   
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