Death & Dying
Belshazzar had a letter, --
Death & Dying
Belshazzar had a letter, --
He never had but one;
Belshazzar's correspondent
Concluded and begun
In that immortal copy
The conscience of us all
Can read without its glasses
On revelation's wall.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Belshazzar had a letter, --.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/24/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Belshazzar had a letter, --.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/24/.
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