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We can but follow to the Sun --

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We can but follow to the Sun -- by Emily Dickinson

 We can but follow to the Sun --
As oft as He go down
He leave Ourselves a Sphere behind --
'Tis mostly -- following --

We go no further with the Dust
Than to the Earthen Door --
And then the Panels are reversed --
And we behold -- no more.

Form: Ballad

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