The long sigh of the Frog

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The long sigh of the Frog by Emily Dickinson

 The long sigh of the Frog
Upon a Summer's Day
Enacts intoxication
Upon the Revery --
But his receding Swell
Substantiates a Peace
That makes the Ear inordinate
For corporal release --

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