Death & Dying
The dying need but little, dear, --
Death & Dying
The dying need but little, dear, --
A glass of water's all,
A flower's unobtrusive face
To punctuate the wall,
A fan, perhaps, a friend's regret,
And certainly that one
No color in the rainbow
Perceives when you are gone.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The dying need but little, dear, --.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/423/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The dying need but little, dear, --.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/423/.
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