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Classic poem

When I hoped I feared --

by Emily Dickinson

When I hoped I feared --

Since I hoped I dared

Everywhere alone

As a Church remain --

Spectre cannot harm --

Serpent cannot charm --

He deposes Doom

Who hath suffered him --

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