It knew no lapse nor Diminuation --

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It knew no lapse nor Diminuation -- by Emily Dickinson

 It knew no lapse, nor Diminuation --
But large -- serene --
Burned on -- until through Dissolution --
It failed from Men --

I could not deem these Planetary forces
Annulled --
But suffered an Exchange of Territory --
Or World --

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