Facts by our side are never sudden

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

1497

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

All that I do -1496-

Succeeded by:

Glass was the Street -- in tinsel Peril -1498-

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Facts by our side are never sudden
Until they look around
And then they scare us like a spectre
Protruding from the Ground --

The height of our portentous Neighbor
We never know --
Till summoned to his recognition
By an Adieu --

Adieu for whence
The sage cannot conjecture
The bravest die
As ignorant of their resumption
As you or I --