A train went through a burial gate

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

A bird broke forth and sang,

And trilled, and quivered, and shook his throat

Till all the churchyard rang;


And then adjusted his little notes,

And bowed and sang again.

Doubtless, he thought it meet of him

To say good-by to men.

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