Poems by Emily Dickinson :: :: University of Virginia Library

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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XXV.
DEATH AND LIFE.

Apparently with no surprise
To any happy flower,
The frost beheads it at its play
In accidental power.
The blond assassin passes on,
The sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another day
For an approving God.

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XXV. DEATH AND LIFE.

XXV.
DEATH AND LIFE.