Death & Dying
Not any sunny tone
From The Single Hound (1914)
Death & Dying
Not any sunny tone
From any fervent zone
Finds entrance there.
Better a grave of Balm
Toward human nature's home,
And Robins near,
Than a stupendous Tomb
Proclaiming to the gloom
How dead we are.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Not any sunny tone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/698/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Not any sunny tone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/698/.
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