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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

XIV

PERCEPTION of an

Object costs

Precise the Object’s loss.

Perception in itself a gain

Replying to its price;

The Object Absolute is nought,

Perception sets it fair,

And then upbraids a Perfectness

That situates so far.