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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
1692

The right to perish might be thought
An undisputed right—
Attempt it, and the Universe
Upon the opposite
Will concentrate its officers—
You cannot even die
But nature and mankind must pause
To pay you scrutiny.
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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