Somehow myself survived the Night

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Somehow myself survived the Night by Emily Dickinson

 Somehow myself survived the Night
And entered with the Day --
That it be saved the Saved suffice
Without the Formula.

Henceforth I take my living place
As one commuted led --
A Candidate for Morning Chance
But dated with the Dead.

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