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The Last Night That She Lived BY EMILY DICKINSON
The Last Night That She Lived
The last night that she lived
It was a common night
Except the dying -this to us
Made nature different
We noticed smallest things-
Things overlooked before
By this great light upon our minds
Italicized -as 'twere.
As we went out and in
Between her final room
And rooms where those to be alive
Tomorrow were, a blame
That others could exist
While she must finish quite
A jealousy for her arose
So nearly infinite-
We waited while she passed-
It was a narrow time-
Too jostled were our souls to speak
At length the notice came.
She mentioned, and forgot-
Then lightly as a reed
Bent to the water,struggled scarce-
Consented, and was dead-
And we-we placed the hair-
And drew the head erect-
And then an aweful leisure was
Belief to regulate-
The last night that she lived
It was a common night
Except the dying -this to us
Made nature different
We noticed smallest things-
Things overlooked before
By this great light upon our minds
Italicized -as 'twere.
As we went out and in
Between her final room
And rooms where those to be alive
Tomorrow were, a blame
That others could exist
While she must finish quite
A jealousy for her arose
So nearly infinite-
We waited while she passed-
It was a narrow time-
Too jostled were our souls to speak
At length the notice came.
She mentioned, and forgot-
Then lightly as a reed
Bent to the water,struggled scarce-
Consented, and was dead-
And we-we placed the hair-
And drew the head erect-
And then an aweful leisure was
Belief to regulate-
Emily Dickinson