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GOOD NIGHT! WHICH PUT THE CANDLE OUT? by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

Last Line: To purer Reveille!
Subject(s): NIGHT; SLEEP;

Good Night! Which put the Candle out?
A jealous Zephyr - not a doubt -
Ah, friend, you little knew
How long at that celestial wick
The Angels - labored diligent -
Extinguished - now - for you!

It might - have been the Light House spark -
Some Sailor - rowing in the Dark -
Had importuned to see!
It might - have been the waning lamp
That lit the Drummer from the Camp
To purer Reveille!



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