Poems by Emily Dickinson: Immortality

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
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XI

Immortality

Immortality

It is an honorable thought,
And makes one lift one's hat,
As one encountered gentlefolk
Upon a daily street,
That we've immortal place,
Though pyramids decay,
And kingdoms, like the orchard,
Flit russetly away.
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