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Emily Dickinson Quotes

After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs –

Source:Poem no. 341: After great pain, a formal feeling comes; in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (ed. Little, Brown & Co., 1960), Page 162
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  • Name: Emily Dickinson
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886
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