Emily Dickinson

(10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)

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Suspense—is Hostiler Than Death - Poem by Emily Dickinson

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Suspense—is Hostiler than Death—
Death—tho'soever Broad,
Is Just Death, and cannot increase—
Suspense—does not conclude—

But perishes—to live anew—
But just anew to die—
Annihilation—plated fresh
With Immortality—


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Poem Submitted: Thursday, January 1, 2004

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