Size circumscribes—it has no room, by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Size circumscribes—it has no room

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Size circumscribes—it has no room

For petty furniture—

The Giant tolerates no Gnat

For Ease of Gianture—

Repudiates it, all the more—

Because intrinsic size

Ignores the possibility

Of Calumnies—or Flies.

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Size circumscribes—it has no room

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