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I LIVED ON DREAD; TO THOSE WHO KNOW by EMILY DICKINSON

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Last Line: Were challenging Despair
Subject(s): FEAR;
I lived on Dread -
To Those who know
The stimulus there is
In Danger - Other impetus
Is numb - and vitalless -

As 'twere a Spur - upon the Soul -
A Fear will urge it where
To go without the spectre's aid
Were challenging Despair.


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