The Poets light but Lamps

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



The Poets light but Lamps—
Themselves—go out—
The Wicks they stimulate—
If vital Light

Inhere as do the Suns—
Each Age a Lens
Disseminating their
Circumference—

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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