Softened by Time's consummate plush

Softened by Time's consummate plush, (1896)
by Emily Dickinson
1738
10851Softened by Time's consummate plush, — 1738Emily Dickinson

Softened by Time's consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears
That threatened childhood's citadel
And undermined the years.

Bisected now, by bleaker griefs,
We envy the despair
That devastated childhood's realm,
So easy to repair.

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