Read the poem: “I reason, earth is short”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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I reason, earth is short

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I reason, earth is short,

And anguish absolute,

And many hurt;

But what of that?

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I reason, we could die:

The best vitality

Cannot excel decay;

But what of that?

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I reason that in heaven

Somehow, it will be even,

Some new equation given;

But what of that?

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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