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Classic poem

The Sun is gay or stark

by Emily Dickinson

The Sun is gay or stark

According to our Deed.

If Merry, He is merrier --

If eager for the Dead

Or an expended Day

He helped to make too bright

His mighty pleasure suits Us not

It magnifies our Freight

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