by Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886).
They Say that ‘Time assuages’
They say that ‘time assuages,’–
Time never did assuage;
An actual suffering strengthens,
As sinews do, with age.
Time is a test of trouble,
But not a remedy.
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no malady.
Notes:
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/emilydic.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/
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