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The single hound : poems of a lifetime

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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[XLVI. The largest fire ever known]

The largest fire ever known
Occurs each afternoon,
Discovered is without surprise,
Proceeds without concern:
Consumes, and no report to men,
An Occidental town,
Rebuilt another morning
To be again burned down.
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