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.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 816. A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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