Two Lengths has every Day --

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

1295

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Language:

English

Type:

Poetry

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Preceded by:

Of Life to own -- -1294-

Succeeded by:

Death's Waylaying not the sharpest -1296-

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Two Lengths has every Day --
Its absolute extent
And Area superior
By Hope or Horror lent --

Eternity will be
Velocity or Pause
At Fundamental Signals
From Fundamental Laws.

To die is not to go --
On Doom's consummate Chart
No Territory new is staked --
Remain thou as thou art.