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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Who, till they died, did not alive become;
Who, had they lived, had died, but when
They died, vitality begun.



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. Contrast
  2. Ventures
  3. Philosophy
  4. This Merit Hath the Worst
  5. Disenchantment


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