Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Fire

Ashes denote that fire was;
  Respect the grayest pile
For the departed creature's sake
  That hovered there awhile.

Fire exists the first in light,
  And then consolidates, --
Only the chemist can disclose
  Into what carbonates.

1. What Soft, Cherubic Creatures
2. Desire
3. Lay This Laurel on the One
4. Contrast
5. Is Bliss, Then, Such Abyss

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