When One has given up One’s life
The parting with the rest
Feels easy, as when Day lets go
Entirely the West
The Peaks, that lingered last
Remain in Her regret
As scarcely as the Iodine
Upon the Cataract.
When One has given up One’s life
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem When One has given up One’s life
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