Emily Dickinson

Funny — to be a Century

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Funny — to be a Century

345 Funny — to be a Century — And see the People — going by — I — should die of the Oddity — But then — I'm not so staid — as He — He keeps His Secrets safely — very — Were He to tell — extremely sorry This Bashful Globe of Ours would be — So dainty of Publicity —