“Love — thou art Veiled —
A few — behold thee —
Smile — and alter — and prattle — and die —
Bliss — were an Oddity — without thee —
Nicknamed by God —
Eternity”

453: Love — thou art high —
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)

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American poet 1830–1886

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