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We thirst at first, — 'tis Nature's act;

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

We thirst at first, — 'tis Nature's act;
  And later, when we die,
A little water supplicate
  Of fingers going by.

It intimates the finer want,
  Whose adequate supply
Is that great water in the west
  Termed immortality.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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