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.

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