Our Little Secrets Slink Away-

Emily Dickinson

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Our little secrets slink away—
Beside God’s shall not tell—
He kept his word a Trillion years
And might we not as well—
But for the niggardly delight
To make each other stare
Is there no sweet beneath the sun
With this that may compare—

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