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"There's A Certain Slant Of Light,"

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There's a certain slant of light,     On winter afternoons,     That oppresses, like the weight     Of cathedral tunes.     Heavenly hurt it gives us;     We can find no scar,     But internal difference     Where the meanings are.     None may teach it anything,     ' T is the seal, despair, --     An imperial affliction     Sent us of the air.     When it comes, the landscape listens,     Shadows hold their breath;     When it goes, 't is like the distance     On the look of death.

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