Eden is that old fashioned House

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

We dwell in every day,

Without suspecting our abode

Until we drive away.

How fair, on looking back, the Day

We sauntered from the door,

Unconscious our returning

Discover it no more.

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