Emily Dickinson (10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)
Poems by Emily Dickinson : 64 / 1084
A toad can die of light!
A toad can die of light!
Death is the common right
Of toads and men,--
Of earl and midge
The privilege.
Why swagger then?
The gnat's supremacy
Is large as thine.
Emily Dickinson
Submitted: Thursday, January 01, 2004
Read poems about / on: death, light
Poems by Emily Dickinson : 64 / 1084
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