Read the poem: “The bustle in a house”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < The brain within its groove
The butterfly’s assumption-gown > > >

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The bustle in a house

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The bustle in a house

The morning after death

Is solemnest of industries

Enacted upon earth, —

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The sweeping up the heart,

And putting love away

We shall not want to use again

Until eternity.

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< < < The brain within its groove
The butterfly’s assumption-gown > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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