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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part Four: Time and Eternity 119. The dying need but little, dear

The dying need but little, dear, --

A glass of water's all,

A flower's unobtrusive face

To punctuate the wall,


A fan, perhaps, a friend's regret,

And certainly that one

No color in the rainbow

Perceives when you are gone.

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