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This is the place they hoped before

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This is the place they hoped before,
by Emily Dickinson
1264
13690This is the place they hoped before, — 1264Emily Dickinson

This is the place they hoped before,
Where I am hoping now.
The seed of disappointment grew
Within a capsule gay,
Too distant to arrest the feet
That walk this plank of balm —
Before them lies escapeless sea —
The way is closed they came.

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