Poetry & Verse
Love -- is that later Thing than Death --
By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short68 words
Love -- is that later Thing than Death -- More previous -- than Life -- Confirms it at its entrance -- And Usurps it --...
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Love -- is that later Thing than Death -- More previous -- than Life -- Confirms it at its entrance -- And Usurps it -- of itself -- Tastes Death -- the first -- to hand the sting The Second -- to its friend -- Disarms the little interval -- Deposits Him with God -- Then hovers -- an inferior Guard -- Lest this Beloved Charge Need -- once in an Eternity -- A smaller than the Large --
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