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The Province of the Saved
Should be the Art—To save—
Through Skill obtained in Themselves—
The Science of the Grave
No Man can understand
But He that hath endured
The Dissolution—in Himself—
That Man—be qualified
To qualify Despair
To Those who failing new—
Mistake Defeat for Death—Each time—
Till acclimated—to—
More verses by Emily Dickinson
- When The Astronomer Stops Seeking
- The Juggler's Hat Her Country Is
- Least Bee That Brew
- We Play At Paste,
- Me, Change! Me, Alter!