A modest lot, a fame petite

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

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AMODEST lot, a fame petite,

A brief campaign of sting and sweet

      Is plenty! Is enough!

A sailor's business is the shore,

      A soldier's—balls. Who asketh more

Must seek the neighboring life!

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