Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXXVII ("The dying need but little")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
Farewell
Dead

XXXVII

The dying need but little, dear, —
A glass of water's all,
A flower's unobtrusive face
To punctuate the wall,
A fan, perhaps, a friend's regret,
And certainly that one
No color in the rainbow
Perceives when you are gone.
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