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Not any higher stands the grave

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

Not any higher stands the grave
  For heroes than for men;
Not any nearer for the child
  Than numb three-score and ten.

This latest leisure equal lulls
  The beggar and his queen;
Propitiate this democrat
  By summer's gracious mien.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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