Our little secrets slink away --

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Our little secrets slink away -- by Emily Dickinson

 Our little secrets slink away --
Beside God's shall not tell --
He kept his word a Trillion years
And might we not as well --
But for the niggardly delight
To make each other stare
Is there no sweet beneath the sun
With this that may compare --

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