A Toad, can die of Light—

A Toad, can die of Light — (1896)
by Emily Dickinson
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5828A Toad, can die of Light — — 583Emily Dickinson

A Toad, can die of Light —
Death is the Common Right
Of Toads and Men —
Of Earl and Midge
The privilege —
Why swagger, then?
The Gnat's supremacy is large as Thine —

Life — is a different Thing —
So measure Wine —
Naked of Flask — Naked of Cask —
Bare Rhine —
Which Ruby's mine?


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