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Emily Dickinson: March is the Month of Expectation. The things we d



March is the Month of Expectation.
The things we do not know -
The Persons of prognostication
Are coming now -
We try to show becoming firmness -
But pompous Joy
Betrays us, as his first Betrothal
Betrays a Boy.

Emily Dickinson

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No Message, but a Sigh -
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