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Heart, we will forget him!                      

You and I, to-night!                      

You may forget the warmth he gave,                      

I will forget the light.                      

 

When you have done, pray tell me,                      

That I my thoughts may dim;                      

Haste! lest while you're lagging,                      

I may remember him!

---Heart, We Will Forget Him, Emily Dickinson

After five days out of town, on another mission of familial duty and unintended discovery, I stumble across another ray of light that penetrates the fog. If Van Morrison wrote a song about Emily Dickinson, it might very well sound something like this.

The Belle of Amherst, Quoting Napoleon.