Read the poem: “Lost Faith”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Lost Faith

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To lose one’s faith surpasses

   The loss of an estate,

Because estates can be

   Replenished, — faith cannot.

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Inherited with life,

   Belief but once can be;

Annihilate a single clause,

   And Being’s beggary.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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