The lines "The drift called the infinite, on making sense of the loss" is NOT part of the poem, but the title of a blog post the poem appeared in

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Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
_{Emily Dickinson}

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The lines "The drift called the infinite, on making sense of the loss" is NOT part of the poem, but the title of a blog post the poem appeared in

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Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon,
some some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides
The drift called the infinite,
on making sense of the loss
_{-Emily Dickinson}.

_{-Emily Dickinson}

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Each What does this 'Each that we lose takes part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tidesus' quote from Emily Dickinson mean?

Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon,
some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides
The drift called the infinite,
on making sense of the loss
_{-Emily Dickinson}

The drift called the infinite ,on making sense of the loss Emily DickinsonWhat does this mean?

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Each that we lose takes part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides

What does this 'Each that we lose takes part of us' quote from Emily Dickinson mean?