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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 424 of 446 · Third Series: Time and Eternity

Poem 37

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The dying need but little, dear, -- A glass of water's all, A flower's unobtrusive face To punctuate the wall,

A fan, perhaps, a friend's regret, And certainly that one No color in the rainbow Perceives when you are gone.

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