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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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[This is my letter to the world]
I. LIFE.
II. LOVE.
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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Poems by Emily Dickinson
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[XXII. The bustle in a house]
The
bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth,—
The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.
Poems by Emily Dickinson