The first Day that I was a Life
I recollect it -- How still --
That last Day that I was a Life
I recollect it -- as well --

'Twas stiller -- though the first
Was still --
"Twas empty -- but the first
Was full --

This -- was my finallest Occasion --
But then
My tenderer Experiment
Toward Men --

"Which choose I"?
That -- I cannot say --
"Which choose They"?
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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 902. The first Day that I was a Life
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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