Read the poem: “To help our bleaker parts”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < To hang our head ostensibly
To know just how he suffered would be dear > > >

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To help our bleaker parts

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To help our bleaker parts

   Salubrious hours are given,

Which if they do not fit for earth

   Drill silently for heaven.

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< < < To hang our head ostensibly
To know just how he suffered would be dear > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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