Death & Dying
Sweet hours have perished here
Death & Dying
Sweet hours have perished here;
This is a mighty room;
Within its precincts hopes have played, --
Now shadows in the tomb.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Sweet hours have perished here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/411/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Sweet hours have perished here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/411/.
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