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| I reckon -- when I count it all --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 569
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | We learned the Whole of Love -- -568-
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| Succeeded by: | I could die -- to know -- -570-
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I reckon -- when I count it all --
First -- Poets -- Then the Sun --
Then Summer -- Then the Heaven of God --
And then -- the List is done --
But, looking back -- the First so seems
To Comprehend the Whole --
The Others look a needless Show --
So I write -- Poets -- All --
Their Summer -- lasts a Solid Year --
They can afford a Sun
The East -- would deem extravagant --
And if the Further Heaven --
Be Beautiful as they prepare
For Those who worship Them --
It is too difficult a Grace --
To justify the Dream --
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