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The Sun is gay or stark

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The Sun is gay or stark by Emily Dickinson

 The Sun is gay or stark
According to our Deed.
If Merry, He is merrier --
If eager for the Dead

Or an expended Day
He helped to make too bright
His mighty pleasure suits Us not
It magnifies our Freight

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