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So proud she was to die

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

So proud she was to die
  It made us all ashamed
That what we cherished, so unknown
  To her desire seemed.

So satisfied to go
  Where none of us should be,
Immediately, that anguish stooped
  Almost to jealousy.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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