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PoetSeers Early American Poets Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson's Poetry For Each Ecstatic Moment

For Each Ecstatic Moment

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For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ration
To the ecstasy.

For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years—
Bitter contested farthings—
And Coffers heaped with Tears!

 

- Emily Dickinson

 

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(Emily Dickinson’s Poetry)