The dying need but little, dear
by Emily Dickinson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
XXXVII.
TTHE 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.