by Emily Dickinson
539
The Province of the Saved
Should be the Art-To save-
Through Skill obtained in Themselves-
The Science of the Grave
No Man can understand
But He that hath endured
The Dissolution-in Himself-
That Man-be qualified
To qualify Despair
To Those who failing new-
Mistake Defeat for Death-Each time-
Till acclimated-to-
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