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The way Hope builds his House

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The way Hope builds his House by Emily Dickinson

 The way Hope builds his House
It is not with a sill --
Nor Rafter -- has that Edifice
But only Pinnacle --

Abode in as supreme
This superficies
As if it were of Ledges smit
Or mortised with the Laws --

Form: Lyric

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