Death & Dying
We learn in the retreating
Death & Dying
We learn in the retreating
How vast an one
Was recently among us.
A perished sun
Endears in the departure
How doubly more
Than all the golden presence
It was before!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “We learn in the retreating.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/388/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “We learn in the retreating.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/388/.
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