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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students

We grow accustomed to the Dark

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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We grow accustomed to the Dark --When light is put away --As when the Neighbor holds the LampTo witness her Goodbye -- A Moment -- We uncertain stepFor newness of the night --Then -- fit our Vision to the Dark --And meet the Road -- erect -- And so of larger -- Darkness --Those Evenings of the Brain --When not a Moon disclose a sign --Or Star -- come out -- within -- The Bravest -- grope a little --And sometimes hit a TreeDirectly in the Forehead --But as they learn to see -- Either the Darkness alters --Or something in the sightAdjusts itself to Midnight --And Life steps almost straight.