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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 410 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 23

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The grave my little cottage is, Where, keeping house for thee, I make my parlor orderly, And lay the marble tea,

For two divided, briefly, A cycle, it may be, Till everlasting life unite In strong society.

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