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From The Arkansas Gazette

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Previous puzzle, Wednesday, April 10, 2024

YI’ZI AEENG YKIPKIZ YI QSFRI EZ FEP, GE YI BHXKP SG YINN QSFRI. —USVSFIGI VZEOIZD

Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

WE’RE FOOLS WHETHER WE DANCE OR NOT, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE. —JAPANESE PROVERB

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so - John Donne

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – ‘tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity –

-Emily Dickinson