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1830–1886

FIRE.

Emily Dickinson

Ashes denote that fire was; Respect the grayest pile For the departed creature's sake That hovered there awhile.

Fire exists the first in light, And then consolidates, — Only the chemist can disclose Into what carbonates.

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