Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXII ("The bustle in a house)"

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

by EmilyDickinson

XXII

The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth, —

The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.

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Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXII ("Where every bird")

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