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To earn it by disdaining it

By Emily Dickinson

 To earn it by disdaining it
Is Fame's consummate Fee --
He loves what spurns him --
Look behind -- He is pursuing thee.

So let us gather -- every Day --
The Aggregate of
Life's Bouquet
Be Honor and not shame --

Form: Lyric

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