Poems by Emily Dickinson: XVI ("Not any higher")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
XV
Asleep

XVI

Not any higher stands the grave
For heroes than for men;
Not any nearer for the child
Than numb three-score and ten.
This latest leisure equal lulls
The beggar and his queen;
Propitiate this democrat
By summer's gracious mien.
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