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If tolling bell I ask the cause.

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

If tolling bell I ask the cause.
  'A soul has gone to God,'
I'm answered in a lonesome tone;
  Is heaven then so sad?

That bells should joyful ring to tell
  A soul had gone to heaven,
Would seem to me the proper way
  A good news should be given.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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