Poems (Series 2) / by Emily Dickinson [electronic text]
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Title
Poems (Series 2) / by Emily Dickinson [electronic text]
Author
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Editor
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932
Publication
Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company
1910
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XXI.
IF anybody's friend be dead,It 's sharpest of the themeThe thinking how they walked alive,At such and such a time.
Their costume, of a Sunday,Some manner of the hair, —A prank nobody knew but them,Lost, in the sepulchre.
How warm they were on such a day:You almost feel the date,So short way off it seems; and now,They 're centuries from that.
How pleased they were at what you said;You try to touch the smile,And dip your fingers in the frost:When was it, can you tell,
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You asked the company to tea,Acquaintance, just a few,And chatted close with this grand thingThat don't remember you?
Past bows and invitations,Past interview, and vow,Past what ourselves can estimate, —That makes the quick of woe!
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