The things we thought that we should do

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

1293

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

Yesterday is History, -1292-

Succeeded by:

Of Life to own -- -1294-

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The things we thought that we should do
We other things have done
But those peculiar industries
Have never been begun --

The Lands we thought that we should seek
When large enough to run
By Speculation ceded
To Speculation's Son --

The Heaven, in which we hoped to pause
When Discipline was done
Untenable to Logic
But possibly the one --