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A transport one cannot contain

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A transport one cannot contain by Emily Dickinson

 A transport one cannot contain
May yet a transport be --
Though God forbid it lift the lid --
Unto its Ecstasy!

A Diagram -- of Rapture!
A sixpence at a Show --
With Holy Ghosts in Cages!
The Universe would go!

Form: Lyric

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