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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part Four: Time and Eternity 31. Death is a dialogue between

Death is a dialogue between

The spirit and the dust.

"Dissolve," says Death. The Spirit, "Sir,

I have another trust."


Death doubts it, argues from the ground.

The Spirit turns away,

Just laying off, for evidence,

An overcoat of clay.

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