Death & Dying
The reticent volcano keeps
Death & Dying
The reticent volcano keeps
His never slumbering plan;
Confided are his projects pink
To no precarious man.
If nature will not tell the tale
Jehovah told to her,
Can human nature not survive
Without a listener?
Admonished by her buckled lips
Let every babbler be.
The only secret people keep
Is Immortality.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The reticent volcano keeps.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/304/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The reticent volcano keeps.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/304/.
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