I’ve Seen a Dying Eye, di Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

I’ve Seen a Dying Eye

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I’ve seen a Dying Eye

Run round and round a Room—

In search of Something—as it seemed—

Then Cloudier become—

And then—obscure with Fog—

And then—be soldered down

Without disclosing what it be

’Twere blessed to have seen—

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I’ve Seen a Dying Eye

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