Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WE LEARN IN THE RETREATING, by EMILY DICKINSON


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WE LEARN IN THE RETREATING, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: It was — before
Subject(s): Learning


We learn it in Retreating
How vast an one
Was recently among us -
A Perished Sun

Endear in the departure
How doubly more
Than all the Golden presence
It was - before





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