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The Souls distinct connection

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The Souls distinct connection by Emily Dickinson

 The Soul's distinct connection
With immortality
Is best disclosed by Danger
Or quick Calamity --

As Lightning on a Landscape
Exhibits Sheets of Place --
Not yet suspected -- but for Flash --
And Click -- and Suddenness.

Form: Lyric

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