Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

Suspense—is Hostiler Than Death -

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Suspense—is Hostiler than Death—
Death—tho'soever Broad,
Is Just Death, and cannot increase—
Suspense—does not conclude—

But perishes—to live anew—
But just anew to die—
Annihilation—plated fresh
With Immortality—
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