A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Beg… - Emily Dickinson

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A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the greatest American poets of the 19th century. Although she wrote (at latest count) 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.

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A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. - Emily Dickinson

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