The Blunder is in estimate

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The Blunder is in estimate by Emily Dickinson

 The Blunder is in estimate.
Eternity is there
We say, as of a Station --
Meanwhile he is so near

He joins me in my Ramble --
Divides abode with me --
No Friend have I that so persists
As this Eternity.

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