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1031 Fate slew Him, but He did not drop— She felled—He did not fall— Impaled Him on Her fiercest stakes— He neutralized them all— She stung Him—sapped His firm Advance— But when Her Worst was done And He—unmoved regarded Her— Acknowledged Him a Man.
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Fate slew Him, but He did not drop—
1031 Fate slew Him, but He did not drop— She felled—He did not fall— Impaled Him on Her fiercest stakes— He neutralized them all— She stung Him—sapped His firm Advance— But when Her Worst was done And He—unmoved regarded Her— Acknowledged Him a Man.
Emily Dickinson
1830 - 1886/Female/American