Read the poem: “We play at paste”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < We outgrow love like other things
Wedded > > >

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We play at paste

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We play at paste,

Till qualified for pearl,

Then drop the paste,

And deem ourself a fool.

The shapes, though, were similar,

And our new hands

Learned gem-tactics

Practising sands.

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< < < We outgrow love like other things
Wedded > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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