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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
726

We thirst at first—’tis Nature’s Act—
And later—when we die—
A little Water supplicate—
Of fingers going by—

It intimates the finer want—
Whose adequate supply
Is that Great Water in the West—
Termed Immortality—
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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