The missing All prevented me

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

From missing minor things.

If nothing larger than a World's

Departure from a hinge,

Or Sun's extinction be observed,

'Twas not so large that I

Could lift my forehead from my work

For curiosity.

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