Death & Dying
We thirst at first, -- 't is Nature's act
Death & Dying
We thirst at first, -- 't is Nature's act;
And later, when we die,
A little water supplicate
Of fingers going by.
It intimates the finer want,
Whose adequate supply
Is that great water in the west
Termed immortality.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “We thirst at first, -- 't is Nature's act.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/438/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “We thirst at first, -- 't is Nature's act.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/438/.
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