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Whoever disenchants

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Whoever disenchants by Emily Dickinson

 Whoever disenchants
A single Human soul
By failure of irreverence
Is guilty of the whole.

As guileless as a Bird
As graphic as a star
Till the suggestion sinister
Things are not what they are --

Form: Lyric

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