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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

XXXVI

SHE died at play,

Gambolled away

Her lease of spotted hours,

Then sank as gaily as a Turk

Upon a couch of flowers.

Her ghost strolled softly o’er the hill

Yesterday and today,

Her vestments as the silver fleece,

Her countenance as spray.