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A loss of something ever felt I --

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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A loss of something ever felt I --The first that I could recollectBereft I was -- of what I knew notToo young that any should suspect A Mourner walked among the childrenI notwithstanding went aboutAs one bemoaning a DominionItself the only Prince cast out -- Elder, Today, a session wiserAnd fainter, too, as Wiseness is --I find myself still softly searchingFor my Delinguent Palaces -- And a Suspicion, like a FingerTouches my Forehead now and thenThat I am looking oppositelyFor the site of the Kingdom of Heaven --