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I Found the Phrase to Every Thought

Emily Dickinson

By Simran Khurana, About.com

I found the phrase to every thought
I ever had, but one;
And that defies me,--as a hand
Did try to chalk the sun

To races nurtured in the dark;--
How would your own begin?
Can blaze be done in cochineal,
Or noon in mazarin?

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