Read the poem: “As by the dead we love to sit”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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As by the dead we love to sit

As by the dead we love to sit,

Become so wondrous dear,

As for the lost we grapple,

Though all the rest are here, —

In broken mathematics

We estimate our prize,

Vast, in its fading ratio,

To our penurious eyes!

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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