Date: 1862
"When reason gets into the throne, / The court shall teach us to be godly."
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Date: 1890
"No rack can torture me, / My soul's at liberty."
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1892
"The soul unto itself / Is an imperial friend,— / Or the most agonizing spy / An enemy could send."
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Date: 1892
Secure against its own, / No treason it can fear; / Itself its sovereign, of itself / The soul should stand in awe."
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