Read the poem: “Childish Griefs”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Childish Griefs

Softened by Time’s consummate plush,

   How sleek the woe appears

That threatened childhood’s citadel

   And undermined the years!

Bisected now by bleaker griefs,

   We envy the despair

That devastated childhood’s realm,

   So easy to repair.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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