Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PAST, by EMILY DICKINSON


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First Line: The past is such a curious creature
Last Line: Might yet reply!
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1203;poem: 1273
Subject(s): Past


THE past is such a curious creature,
To look her in the face
A transport may reward us,
Or a disgrace.

Unarmed if any meet her,
I charge him, fly!
Her rusty ammunition
Might yet reply!





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