Forever at His Side to Walk, by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Forever at His Side to Walk

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Forever at His side to walk—

The smaller of the two!

Brain of His Brain—

Blood of His Blood—

Two lives—One Being—now—

Forever of His fate to taste—

If grief—the largest part—

If joy—to put my piece away

For that beloved Heart—

All life—to know each other—

Whom we can never learn—

And bye and bye—a Change—

Called Heaven—

Rapt Neighborhoods of Men—

Just finding out—what puzzled us—

Without the lexicon!

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