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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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The Props assist the House
Until the House is built
And then the Props withdraw
And adequate, *****,
The House support itself
And cease to recollect
The Auger and the Carpenterโ€”
Just such a retrospect
Hath the perfected Lifeโ€”
A past of Plank and Nail
And slownessโ€”then the Scaffolds drop
Affirming it a Soul.
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