'TWAS comfort in her dying room
'TWAS comfort in her dying room / To hear the living clock,
LOVE - Love is anterior to life
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Love is anterior to life,
Posterior to death,
Initial of creation, and
The exponent of breath.
More poems by Emily Dickinson
I CAN'T tell you, but you feel it
I CAN'T tell you, but you feel it– / Nor can you tell me,
AMBITION cannot find him
AMBITION cannot find him, / Affection doesn't know
Some, too fragile for winter winds
Some, too fragile for winter winds, / The thoughtful grave encloses, --