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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 403 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 16

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Not any higher stands the grave For heroes than for men; Not any nearer for the child Than numb three-score and ten.

This latest leisure equal lulls The beggar and his queen; Propitiate this democrat By summer's gracious mien.

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