Further Poems of Emily Dickinson/Expectation is contentment;

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EXPECTATION is contentment;Gain, satiety.But satiety, convictionOf necessity.
Of an austere trait in pleasure.Good, without alarm,Is a too serene possession—Danger deepens suns.
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