I lost a World -- the other day!

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I lost a World -- the other day! by Emily Dickinson

 I lost a World -- the other day!
Has Anybody found?
You'll know it by the Row of Stars
Around its forehead bound.

A Rich man -- might not notice it --
Yet -- to my frugal Eye,
Of more Esteem than Ducats --
Oh find it -- Sir -- for me!

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