Read the poem: “Lay this laurel on the one”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Let down the bars, O Death! > > >

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Lay this laurel on the one

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Lay this laurel on the one

Too intrinsic for renown.

Laurel! veil your deathless tree, —

Him you chasten, that is he!

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< < < Joy in Death
Let down the bars, O Death! > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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