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Lyric Poem · Death & Loss

Robbed by Death—but that was easy

by Emily Dickinson

Robbed by Death — but that was easy —

To the failing Eye

I could hold the latest Glowing —

Robbed by Liberty

For Her Jugular Defences —

This, too, I endured —

Hint of Glory — it afforded —

For the Brave Beloved —

Fraud of Distance — Fraud of Danger,

Fraud of Death — to bear —

It is Bounty — to Suspense's

Vague Calamity —

Stalking our entire Possession

On a Hair's result —

Then — seesawing — coolly — on it —

Trying if it split —

This poem is in the public domain.

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