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Lyric Poem · Death & Loss

Pain has but one Acquaintance

by Emily Dickinson

Pain has but one Acquaintance

And that is Death —

Each one unto the other

Society enough.

Pain is the Junior Party

By just a Second's right —

Death tenderly assists Him

And then absconds from Sight.

This poem is in the public domain.

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