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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 69 of 446 · First Series: Nature

Death And Life

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Apparently with no surprise To any happy flower, The frost beheads it at its play In accidental power. The blond assassin passes on, The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an approving God.

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