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Emily Dickinson Quotes: The Babies we were are buried, and their shadows are plodding on.
         

The Babies we were are buried, and their shadows are plodding on.


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This page presents the quote "The Babies we were are buried, and their shadows are plodding on.". Author of this quote is Emily Dickinson. This quote is about aging, growing-old, growing-up,.