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The distance that the dead have gone

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The distance that the dead have gone (1896)
by Emily Dickinson
1742
14492The distance that the dead have gone — 1742Emily Dickinson

The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear —
Their coming back seems possible
For many an ardent year.

And then, that we have followed them,
We more than half suspect,
So intimate have we become
With their dear retrospect.

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