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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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