The past is such a curious creature, To look her in the face
A transport may reward us, or a disgrace.
Unarmed if any meet her, I charge him, fly!
Her rusty ammunition Might yet reply!"
Emily Dickinson. 1896 (posthumously printed). XLV. The Past.
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