Lyric Poem · Death & Loss
Robbed by Death—but that was easy
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.
“Robbed by Death—but that was easy” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/robbed-by-death-but-that-was-easy
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