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THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST by EMILY DICKINSON

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Last Line: The privilege to die
Subject(s): PERSONAL RIGHTS; DEATH;
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain ;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering ;

And then, to go to sleep ;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die


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