Death & Dying
For Death,—or rather
From The Single Hound (1914)
Death & Dying
For Death,—or rather
For the things 'twill buy,
These put away
Life's opportunity.
The things that Death will buy
Are Room,—Escape
From Circumstances,
And a Name.
How gifts of Life
With Death's gifts will compare,
We know not—
For the rates stop Here.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “For Death,—or rather.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/658/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “For Death,—or rather.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/658/.
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