13. “That short, potential stir.” Part Four: Time and Eternity. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Four: Time and Eternity

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THAT short, potential stir
That each can make but once,
That bustle so illustrious
’T is almost consequence,

Is the éclat of death.	5
Oh, thou unknown renown
That not a beggar would accept,
Had he the power to spurn!