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COMPENSATION by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR EACH ECSTATIC INSTANT / WE MUST AN ANGUISH PAY
Last Line: AND COFFERS HEAPED WITH TEARS.

For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.
.
For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.



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