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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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