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When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating ground.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
Poet
Writer
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Ai-mi-li Ti-chin-sen
Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Around
Frost
Firsts
Beating
Everything
Autumn
First
Staring
Frosts
Stopped
Grisly
Ground
Ticked
Space
Stares
Fall
Repeal

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