So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed
That what we cherished, so unknown
To her desire seemed --
So satisfied to go
Where none of us should be
Immediately -- that Anguish stooped
Almost to Jealousy --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1272. So proud she was to die
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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