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A Tooth upon Our Peace

by Emily Dickinson

19th-Century American · Short · 8 lines

A Tooth upon Our Peace The Peace cannot deface -- Then Wherefore be the Tooth? To vitalize the Grace -- The Heaven hath a Hell -- Itself to signalize -- And every sign before the Place Is Gilt with Sacrifice --

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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