Read the poem: “Thirst”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Thirst

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We thirst at first, — ‘t is Nature’s act;

   And later, when we die,

A little water supplicate

   Of fingers going by.

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It intimates the finer want,

   Whose adequate supply

Is that great water in the west

   Termed immortality.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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