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Best Grief is Tongueless; before He'll tell, burn Him in the Public Square. - Emily Dickinson Quotes

Best Grief is Tongueless – before He’ll tell –
Burn Him in the Public Square –

Source:Poem no. 793: Grief is a Mouse; in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (ed. Little, Brown & Co., 1960), Page 387
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  • Name: Emily Dickinson
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886
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