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You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies --

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You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies -- by Emily Dickinson

 You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies --
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of --

You left me Boundaries of Pain --
Capacious as the Sea --
Between Eternity and Time --
Your Consciousness -- and Me --

Form: Lyric

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