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Yesterday is History

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Yesterday is History by Emily Dickinson

 Yesterday is History,
'Tis so far away --
Yesterday is Poetry --
'Tis Philosophy --

Yesterday is mystery --
Where it is Today
While we shrewdly speculate
Flutter both away

Form: Lyric

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