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Poem of the day

Emily Dickinson (1830-86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Four: Time and Eternity

IX

A TRAIN went through a burial gate,
A bird broke forth and sang,
And trilled, and quivered, and shook his throat
Till all the churchyard rang;

And then adjusted his little notes, 5
And bowed and sang again.
Doubtless, he thought it meet of him
To say good-by to men.