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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part One: Life 113. Ashes denote that fire was

FIRE.


Ashes denote that fire was;

Respect the grayest pile

For the departed creature's sake

That hovered there awhile.


Fire exists the first in light,

And then consolidates, --

Only the chemist can disclose

Into what carbonates.

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