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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Desire
WHO never wanted, — maddest joy
Remains to him unknown:
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine.
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped
Desire's perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
Should disenthrall thy soul.
-Emily Dickinson
Labels: Emily Dickinson, poetry
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