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

Part One: Life

CXXXIV

A MODEST lot, a fame petite,
A brief campaign of sting and sweet
  Is plenty! Is enough!
A sailor’s business is the shore,
  A soldier’s—balls. Who asketh more        5
Must seek the neighboring life!

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