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My life closed twice before its close

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

My life closed twice before its close—
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
Tags: carpe diem

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