Crumbling is not an instant's Act

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

997

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

We'll pass without the parting -996-

Succeeded by:

Best Things dwell out of Sight -998-

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Crumbling is not an instant's Act
A fundamental pause
Dilapidation's processes
Are organized Decays.

'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul
A Cuticle of Dust
A Borer in the Axis
An Elemental Rust --

Ruin is formal -- Devil's work
Consecutive and slow --
Fail in an instant, no man did
Slipping -- is Crash's law.