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I should not dare to be so sad

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I should not dare to be so sad by Emily Dickinson

 I should not dare to be so sad
So many Years again --
A Load is first impossible
When we have put it down --

The Superhuman then withdraws
And we who never saw
The Giant at the other side
Begin to perish now.

Form: Lyric

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