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A death-blow is a life-blow to some

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Who, till they died, did not alive become;
Who, had they lived, had died, but when
They died, vitality begun.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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