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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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Poems by Emily Dickinson
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III.
ASTRA CASTRA.
Departed
to the judgment,
A mighty afternoon;
Great clouds like ushers leaning,
Creation looking on.
The flesh surrendered, cancelled,
The bodiless begun;
Two worlds, like audiences, disperse
And leave the soul alone.
Poems by Emily Dickinson