A Coffin -- is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In it diminished Plane.

A Grave -- is a restricted Breadth --
Yet ampler than the Sun --
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon

To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend --
Circumference without Relief --
Or Estimate -- or End --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 943. A Coffin -- is a small Domain,
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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