433 <br /> <br />Knows how to forget! <br />But could It teach it? <br />Easiest of Arts, they say <br />When one learn how <br /> <br />Dull Hearts have died <br />In the Acquisition <br />Sacrificed for Science <br />Is common, though, now— <br /> <br />I went to School <br />But was not wiser <br />Globe did not teach it <br />Nor Logarithm Show <br /> <br />"How to forget"! <br />Say—some—Philosopher! <br />Ah, to be erudite <br />Enough to know! <br /> <br />Is it in a Book? <br />So, I could buy it— <br />Is it like a Planet? <br />Telescopes would know— <br /> <br />If it be invention <br />It must have a Patent. <br />Rabbi of the Wise Book <br />Don't you know?<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/knows-how-to-forget/
