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A throe upon the features

by Emily Dickinson, 1891

A throe upon the features
A hurry in the breath,
An ecstasy of parting
Denominated "Death," —

An anguish at the mention,
Which, when to patience grown,
I 've known permission given
To rejoin its own.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series
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