Thursday, March 20, 2008

Time is a Test

They say that "Time assuages"—
Time never did assuage—
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age—

Time is a Test of Trouble—
But not a Remedy—
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady—

-- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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