Death & Dying
The heart asks pleasure first
Death & Dying
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The heart asks pleasure first.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/8/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The heart asks pleasure first.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/8/.
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