Read the poem: “Contrast”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < Consecration
Could I but ride indefinite > > >

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Contrast

A door just opened on a street —

   I, lost, was passing by —

An instant’s width of warmth disclosed,

   And wealth, and company.

The door as sudden shut, and I,

   I, lost, was passing by, —

Lost doubly, but by contrast most,

   Enlightening misery.

< < < Consecration
Could I but ride indefinite > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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