Time does go on --
Time does go on -- I tell it gay to those who suffer now -- They shall survive -- There is a sun -- They don't believe it now --
Emily Dickinson
Time does go on -- I tell it gay to those who suffer now -- They shall survive -- There is a sun -- They don't believe it now --
In just a few lines, Dickinson captures the awkwardness of trying to comfort someone in deep pain. The speaker puts on a bright voice — “I tell it gay” — insisting that time will keep moving and that those who suffer now will eventually get through it.
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