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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 422 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 35

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So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed.

So satisfied to go Where none of us should be, Immediately, that anguish stooped Almost to jealousy.

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