If your Nerve, deny you — Go above your Nerve — He can lean against the Grave, If he fear to swerve — That’s a steady posture — Never any bend Held o… - Emily Dickinson

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If your Nerve, deny you — Go above your Nerve — He can lean against the Grave,
If he fear to swerve — That’s a steady posture — Never any bend
Held of those Brass arms — Best Giant made — If your Soul seesaw — Lift the Flesh door — The Poltroon wants Oxygen — Nothing more –

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About Emily Dickinson

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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Birth Name: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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If your Nerve, deny you
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It was not Death, for I stood up,
And all the Dead, lie down — It was not Night, for all the Bells
Put out their Tongues, for Noon.

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