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Take all away from me but leave me Ecstasy

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Take all away from me but leave me Ecstasy by Emily Dickinson

 Take all away from me, but leave me Ecstasy,
And I am richer then than all my Fellow Men --
Ill it becometh me to dwell so wealthily
When at my very Door are those possessing more,
In abject poverty --

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