Read the poem: “Joy in Death”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Joy in Death

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If tolling bell I ask the cause.

   ‘A soul has gone to God,’

I’m answered in a lonesome tone;

   Is heaven then so sad?

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That bells should joyful ring to tell

   A soul had gone to heaven,

Would seem to me the proper way

   A good news should be given.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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