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Emily Dickinson
Poems, Series 3
Emily Dickinson » Poems, Series 3 » XXXVIII. I worked for chaff, and earning wheat

I WORKED for chaff, and earning wheat
        Was haughty and betrayed.
What right had fields to arbitrate
        In matters ratified?

I tasted wheat, -- and hated chaff,
        And thanked the ample friend;
Wisdom is more becoming viewed
        At distance than at hand.



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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.


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