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Emily Dickinson (1830–86).  Complete Poems.  1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

XIV

PERCEPTION of an
Object costs
Precise the Object’s loss.
Perception in itself a gain
Replying to its price;        5
The Object Absolute is nought,
Perception sets it fair,
And then upbraids a Perfectness
That situates so far.

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