Death & Dying
A Cemetery
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Death & Dying
This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies,
And Lads and Girls;
Was laughter and ability and sighing,
And frocks and curls.
This passive place a Summer’s nimble mansion,
Where Bloom and Bees
Fulfilled their Oriental Circuit,
Then ceased like these.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “A Cemetery.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/446/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “A Cemetery.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/446/.
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