Further Poems of Emily Dickinson/Some work for Immortality,

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SOME work for Immortality,
The chiefer part of Time;
He compensates immediately
The former checks on Fame.

Slow gold, but everlasting,
The bullion of To-day
Contrasted with the currency
Of Immortality.

A beggar here and there
Is gifted to discern
Beyond the broker's insight—
One's Money—One's the Mine.

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