An honest Tear
Is durabler than Bronze --
This Cenotaph
May each that dies --

Reared by itself --
No Deputy suffice --
Gratitude bears
When Obelisk decays

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1192. An honest Tear
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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