She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
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Playmates, and holidays, and nuts --And visions vast and small --
Strange that the feet so precious charged
Should reach so small a goal!
Emily Dickinson
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
Emily Dickinson
Our journey had advanced Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being's road, Eternity by term.
Emily Dickinson
You're soon," the Town replied,
"My Faces are asleep --
But swear, and I will let you by,
You will not wake them up.
Emily Dickinson
I told myself, "Take Courage, Friend --
That -- was a former time --
But we might learn to like the Heaven,
As well as our Old Home!
Emily Dickinson
Then I -- my timid service done --
Tho' service 'twas, of Love --
Take up my little Violin --
And further North -- remove.
Emily Dickinson
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