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All but Death, can be Adjusted --

by Emily Dickinson

19th-Century American · Short · 8 linesmortality

All but Death, can be Adjusted -- Dynasties repaired -- Systems -- settled in their Sockets -- Citadels -- dissolved -- Wastes of Lives -- resown with Colors By Succeeding Springs -- Death -- unto itself -- Exception -- Is exempt from Change --

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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