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Lyric Poem · Peace

A Tooth upon Our Peace

by Emily Dickinson

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 —

This poem is in the public domain.

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