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Id rather recollect a setting

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Id rather recollect a setting by Emily Dickinson

 I'd rather recollect a setting
Than own a rising sun
Though one is beautiful forgetting --
And true the other one.

Because in going is a Drama
Staying cannot confer
To die divinely once a Twilight --
Than wane is easier --

Form: Lyric

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