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Emily Dickinson Quotes: There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes.
         

There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes.


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There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes.
         



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