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Some Arrows slay but whom they strike --

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Some Arrows slay but whom they strike -- by Emily Dickinson

 Some Arrows slay but whom they strike --
But this slew all but him --
Who so appareled his Escape --
Too trackless for a Tomb --

Form: Quatrain

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