'Twas comfort in her Dying Room

'Twas comfort in her Dying Room (1914)
by Emily Dickinson
1703
14455'Twas comfort in her Dying Room — 1703Emily Dickinson

'Twas comfort in her Dying Room
To hear the living Clock —
A short relief to have the wind
Walk boldly up and knock —
Diversion from the Dying Theme
To hear the children play —
But wrong the more
That these could live
And this of ours must die.


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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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