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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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The Heart asks Pleasure—first—
And then—Excuse from Pain—
And then—those little Anodyness
That deaden suffering—

And then—to go to sleep—
And then—if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor
The privilege to die—
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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