The Bustle in a House

Emily Dickinson(1830–1886)

Poems by Emily Dickinson, 1890

The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth,—

The sweeping up the heart,And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil eternity.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson (1890), via the English Wikisource transcription.

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