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Lyric Poem · Death & Loss

Said Death to Passion

by Emily Dickinson

Said Death to Passion

"Give of thine an Acre unto me."

Said Passion, through contracting Breaths

"A Thousand Times Thee Nay."

Bore Death from Passion

All His East

He — sovereign as the Sun

Resituated in the West

And the Debate was done.

This poem is in the public domain.

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