This volume of poems contains the Third series of Dickinson's complete poetry: I. Life, consisting of 55 poems, II. Love, consisting of 22 poems, III. Nature, consisting of 29 poems, and IV. Time and Eternity, consisting of 59 poems.
Chapters
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Preface Read by Rapunzelina 2:34
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II. SUPERIORITY TO FATE. Read by Rapunzelina 0:32
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III. HOPE. Read by Rebecca Joanne Currie 0:48
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IV. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. I. Read by AliceStein 0:34
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V. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. II. Read by AliceStein 0:43
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VI. A WORD. Read by Rebecca Joanne Currie 0:32
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VII. [To venerate the simple days] Read by Brize C 0:43
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VIII. LIFE'S TRADES. Read by nighthawks 0:37
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IX. [Drowning is not so pitiful] Read by nighthawks 1:02
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X. [How still the bells in steeples stand] Read by Brize C 0:33
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XI. [If the foolish call them 'flowers'] Read by Brize C 1:08
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XII. A SYLLABLE. Read by Larry Wilson 0:25
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XIII. PARTING. Read by Larry Wilson 0:37
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XIV. ASPIRATION. Read by Larry Wilson 0:37
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XV. THE INEVITABLE. Read by AliceStein 0:49
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XVI. A BOOK. Read by Jane Doe 0:38
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XVII. [Who has not found the heaven below] Read by nighthawks 0:38
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XVIII. A PORTRAIT. Read by nighthawks 0:45
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XIX. I HAD A GUINEA GOLDEN. Read by Alan Mapstone 2:04
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XX. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Read by nighthawks 0:50
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XXI. [Few get enough, — enough is one] Read by nighthawks 0:36
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XXII. [Upon the gallows hung a wretch] Read by nighthawks 0:51
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XXIII. THE LOST THOUGHT. Read by Jane Doe 0:43
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XXIV. RETICENCE. Read by emmaweigham 0:52
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XXV. WITH FLOWERS. Read by emmaweigham 0:38
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XXVI. [The farthest thunder that I heard] Read by emmaweigham 1:14
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XXVII. [On the bleakness of my lot] Read by dlzaragoza 0:45
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XXVIII. CONTRAST. Read by rlgreenjr 0:38
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XXIX. FRIENDS. Read by rlgreenjr 0:29
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XXX. FIRE. Read by rlgreenjr 0:33
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XXXI. A MAN. Read by nighthawks 0:50
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XXXII. VENTURES. Read by nighthawks 0:39
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XXXIII. GRIEFS. Read by Alan Mapstone 2:01
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XXXIV. [I have a king who does not speak] Read by nighthawks 1:30
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XXXV. DISENCHANTMENT. Read by Daniel Badger 0:34
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XXXVI. LOST FAITH. Read by calliepooky 0:34
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XXXVII. LOST JOY. Read by calliepooky 0:36
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XXXVIII. [I worked for chaff, and earning wheat] Read by JBarkley 0:32
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XXXIX. [Life, and Death, and Giants] Read by nighthawks 0:47
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XL. ALPINE GLOW. Read by nighthawks 0:50
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XLI. REMEMBRANCE. Read by nighthawks 0:48
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XLII. [To hang our head ostensibly] Read by nighthawks 0:53
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XLIII. THE BRAIN. Read by calliepooky 0:46
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XLIV. [The bone that has no marrow] Read by nighthawks 1:00
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XLV. THE PAST. Read by nighthawks 0:44
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XLVI. [To help our bleaker parts] Read by proboomer 0:28
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XLVII. [What soft, cherubic creatures] Read by proboomer 0:49
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XLVIII. DESIRE. Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:43
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XLIX. PHILOSOPHY. Read by proboomer 0:27
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L. POWER. Read by proboomer 0:35
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LI. [A modest lot, a fame petite] Read by proboomer 0:39
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LII. [Is bliss, then, such abyss] Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:50
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LIII. EXPERIENCE. Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:44
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LIV. THANKSGIVING DAY. Read by dlzaragoza 1:00
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LV. CHILDISH GRIEFS. Read by Larry Wilson 0:41
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I. CONSECRATION. Read by Rapunzelina 0:36
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II. LOVE'S HUMILITY. Read by Daniel Badger 0:47
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III. LOVE. Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:30
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IV. SATISFIED. Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:17
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V. WITH A FLOWER. Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:45
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VI. SONG. Read by nighthawks 0:49
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VII. LOYALTY. Read by Daniel Badger 0:46
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VIII. [To lose thee, sweeter than to gain] Read by evieperry 0:43
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IX. [Poor little heart] Read by evieperry 0:50
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X. FORGOTTEN. Read by evieperry 1:04
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XI. [I've got an arrow here] Read by Larry Wilson 0:38
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XII. THE MASTER. Read by Jane Doe 0:48
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XIII. [Heart, we will forget him] Read by calliepooky 0:35
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XIV. [Father, I bring thee not myself] Read by calliepooky 0:38
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XV. [We outgrow love like other things] Read by WanderingWalker 0:32
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XVI. [Not with a club the heart is broken] Read by WanderingWalker 0:43
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XVII. WHO? Read by WanderingWalker 0:36
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XVIII. [He touched me, so I live to know] Read by nighthawks 1:12
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XIX. DREAMS. Read by nighthawks 0:36
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XX. NUMEN LUMEN. Read by nighthawks 1:18
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XXI. LONGING. Read by Jane Doe 1:16
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XXII. WEDDED. Read by Stacey Malcolm 0:35
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I. NATURE'S CHANGES. Read by Rapunzelina 1:00
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II. THE TULIP. Read by proboomer 0:32
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III. [A light exists in spring] Read by proboomer 1:12
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IV. THE WAKING YEAR. Read by proboomer 1:07
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V. TO MARCH. Read by proboomer 1:34
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VI. MARCH. Read by proboomer 0:54
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VII. DAWN. Read by proboomer 0:27
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VIII. [A murmur in the trees to note] Read by proboomer 1:19
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IX. [Morning is the place for dew] Read by proboomer 0:29
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X. [To my quick ear the leaves conferred] Read by proboomer 0:43
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XI. A ROSE. Read by proboomer 0:35
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XII. [High from the earth I heard a bird] Read by nighthawks 1:30
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XIII. COBWEBS. Read by nighthawks 0:46
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XIV. A WELL. Read by nighthawks 1:44
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XV. [To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee] Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:35
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XVI. THE WIND. Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:44
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XVII. [A dew sufficed itself] Read by Bruce Kachuk 0:52
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XVIII. THE WOODPECKER. Read by Anthony Will 0:25
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XIX. A SNAKE. Read by Anthony Will 0:33
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XX. [Could I but ride indefinite] Read by Anthony Will 0:57
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XXI. THE MOON. Read by Anthony Will 1:00
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XXII. THE BAT. Read by Anthony Will 0:53
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XXIII. THE BALLOON. Read by nighthawks 1:31
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XXIV. EVENING. Read by nighthawks 1:07
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XXV. COCOON. Read by nighthawks 0:37
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XXVI. SUNSET. Read by nighthawks 0:36
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XXVII. AURORA. Read by proboomer 1:08
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XXVIII. THE COMING OF NIGHT. Read by proboomer 1:34
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XXIX. AFTERMATH. Read by proboomer 0:39
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I. [This world is not conclusion] Read by Rapunzelina 0:47
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II. [We learn in the retreating] Read by proboomer 0:39
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III. [They say that 'time assuages'] Read by proboomer 0:43
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IV. [We cover thee, sweet face.] Read by nighthawks 1:03
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V. ENDING. Read by nighthawks 0:48
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VI. [The stimulus, beyond the grave] Read by nighthawks 0:37
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VII. [Given in marriage unto thee] Read by nighthawks 0:52
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VIII. [That such have died enables us] Read by nighthawks 0:37
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IX. [They won't frown always] Read by nighthawks 0:54
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X. IMMORTALITY. Read by nighthawks 0:47
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XI. [The distance that the dead have gone] Read by nighthawks 0:51
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XII. [How dare the robins sing] Read by Dar'Keith Lofton 0:56
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XIII. DEATH. Read by nighthawks 0:54
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XIV. UNWARNED. Read by nighthawks 1:16
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XV. [Each that we lose takes part of us] Read by Rosenfinken 0:36
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XVI. [Not any higher stands the grave] Read by Rosenfinken 0:47
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XVII. ASLEEP. Read by Rosenfinken 0:56
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XVIII. THE SPIRIT. Read by proboomer 0:52
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XIX. THE MONUMENT. Read by proboomer 0:42
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XX. [Bless God, he went as soldiers] Read by proboomer 0:41
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XXI. [Immortal is an ample word] Read by proboomer 0:40
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XXII. [Where every bird is bold to go] Read by Public Domain Scholar 0:27
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XXIII. [The grave my little cottage is] Read by Rosenfinken 0:45
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XXIV. [This was in the white of the year] Read by proboomer 0:43
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XXV. [Sweet hours have perished here] Read by nighthawks 0:39
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XXVI. [Me! Come! My dazzled face] Read by nighthawks 0:57
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XXVII. INVISIBLE. Read by nighthawks 0:49
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XXVIII. [I wish I knew that woman's name] Read by proboomer 0:43
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XXIX. TRYING TO FORGET. Read by proboomer 1:06
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XXX. [I felt a funeral in my brain] Read by proboomer 1:12
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XXXI. [I meant to find her when I came] Read by proboomer 0:56
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XXXII. WAITING. Read by Katherine Hust 0:43
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XXXIII. [A sickness of this world it most occasions] Read by proboomer 0:43
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XXXIV. [Superfluous were the sun] Read by Public Domain Scholar 0:42
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XXXV. [So proud she was to die] Read by Helen Cole 0:38
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XXXVI. FAREWELL. Read by Helen Cole 0:56
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XXXVII. [The dying need but little, dear] Read by Helen Cole 0:41
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XXXVIII. DEAD. Read by proboomer 0:48
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XXXIX. [The soul should always stand ajar] Read by proboomer 0:43
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XL. [Three weeks passed since I had seen her] Read by proboomer 0:51
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XLI. [I breathed enough to learn the trick] Read by proboomer 0:42
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XLII. [I wonder if the sepulchre] Read by proboomer 0:31
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XLIII. JOY IN DEATH. Read by Helen Cole 0:40
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XLIV. [If I may have it when it's dead] Read by Phil Schempf 0:53
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XLV. [Before the ice is in the pools] Read by Phil Schempf 0:58
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XLVI. DYING. Read by Phil Schempf 1:01
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XLVII. [Adrift! A little boat adrift!] Read by Phil Schempf 0:57
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XLVIII. [There's been a death in the opposite house] Read by Phil Schempf 1:20
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XLIX. [We never know we go] Read by Katherine Hust 0:39
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L. THE SOUL'S STORM. Read by Katherine Hust 0:55
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LI. [Water is taught by thirst] Read by czandra 0:35
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LII. THIRST. Read by czandra 0:37
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LIII. [A clock stopped — not the mantel's] Read by evieperry 1:01
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LIV. CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S GRAVE. Read by evieperry 1:14
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LV. [A toad can die of light!] Read by evieperry 0:37
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LVI. [Far from love the Heavenly Father] Read by nighthawks 0:47
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LVII. SLEEPING. Read by nighthawks 0:48
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LVIII. RETROSPECT. Read by czandra 1:16
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LIX. ETERNITY. Read by PaulGrancio 0:55
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