Do People moulder equally,

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
432Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Do People moulder equally, They bury, in the Grave? I do believe a Species As positively live

As I, who testify it Deny that I -- am dead -- And fill my Lungs, for Witness -- From Tanks -- above my Head --

I say to you, said Jesus -- That there be standing here -- A Sort, that shall not taste of Death -- If Jesus was sincere --

I need no further Argue -- That statement of the Lord Is not a controvertible -- He told me, Death was dead --

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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