Emily Dickinson

Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But Microscopes are prudent
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Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But Microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break agonized and clear.

Unable are the loved to die for love is immortality.

Unable are the loved to die for love is immortality.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.

Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.