Emily Dickinson (183086). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Two: Nature
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| THE RAT is the concisest tenant. | |
| He pays no rent, | |
| Repudiates the obligation, | |
| On schemes intent. | |
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| Balking our wit | 5 |
| To sound or circumvent, | |
| Hate cannot harm | |
| A foe so reticent. | |
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| Neither decree | |
| Prohibits him, | 10 |
| Lawful as | |
| Equilibrium. | |
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