Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PEACE, by EMILY DICKINSON



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First Line: I many times thought peace had come
Last Line: Before the harbor lie.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 739
Subject(s): Hallucinations & Illusions; Longing; Peace


I MANY times thought peace had come,
When peace was far away;
As wrecked men deem they sight the land
At centre of the sea,

And struggle slacker, but to prove,
As hopelessly as I,
How many the fictitious shores
Before the harbor lie.





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