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The Props assist the House Until the House is built And then the Props withdraw And adequate, erect, The House support itself And cease to recollect The Augur and the Carpenter - Just such a retrospect |
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Hath the perfected Life - A past of Plank and Nail And slowness - then the Scaffolds drop Affirming it a Soul. Emily. |
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