The past is such a curious creature

Emily Dickinson

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1830 to 1886

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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
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