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POST-MORTEM by EMILY DICKINSON

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First Line: THE BUSTLE IN A HOUSE
Last Line: UNTIL ETERNITY.
Subject(s): DEATH; MOURNING; DEAD, THE; BEREAVEMENT;
The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth, --
The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.


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