Read the poem: “A throe upon the features”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < A thought went up my mind to-day
A Thunder-Storm > > >

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A throe upon the features

A throe upon the features

A hurry in the breath,

An ecstasy of parting

Denominated “Death,” —

An anguish at the mention,

Which, when to patience grown,

I ‘ve known permission given

To rejoin its own.

< < < A thought went up my mind to-day
A Thunder-Storm > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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