Dying! To be afraid of thee

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

831

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Language:

English

Type:

Poetry

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Preceded by:

To this World she returned. -830-

Succeeded by:

Soto! Explore thyself! -832-

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Dying! To be afraid of thee
One must to thine Artillery
Have left exposed a Friend --
Than thine old Arrow is a Shot
Delivered straighter to the Heart
The leaving Love behind.

Not for itself, the Dust is shy,
But, enemy, Beloved be
Thy Batteries divorce.
Fight sternly in a Dying eye
Two Armies, Love and Certainty
And Love and the Reverse.