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Not if Their Party were waiting, Not if to talk with Me Were to Them now, Homesickness After Eternity.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Ai-mi-li Ti-chin-sen
Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Homesickness
Eternity
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Talk
Party

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