Dreams -- are well -- but Wakings better

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Dreams -- are well -- but Wakings better by Emily Dickinson

 Dreams -- are well -- but Waking's better,
If One wake at morn --
If One wake at Midnight -- better --
Dreaming -- of the Dawn --

Sweeter -- the Surmising Robins --
Never gladdened Tree --
Than a Solid Dawn -- confronting --
Leading to no Day --

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