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Pompless no life can pass away;

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

Pompless no life can pass away;
    The lowliest career
To the same pageant wends its way
    As that exalted here.
How cordial is the mystery!
    The hospitable pall
A "this way" beckons spaciously, —
    A miracle for all!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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