Bereavement in their death to feel

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

645

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies -- -644-

Succeeded by:

I think to Live -- may be a Bliss -646-

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Bereavement in their death to feel
Whom We have never seen --
A Vital Kinsmanship import
Our Soul and theirs -- between --

For Stranger -- Strangers do not mourn --
There be Immortal friends
Whom Death see first -- 'tis news of this
That paralyze Ourselves --

Who, vital only to Our Thought --
Such Presence bear away
In dying -- 'tis as if Our Souls
Absconded -- suddenly --