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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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