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Death sets a Thing significant

The Eye had hurried by

Except a perished Creature

Entreat us tenderly

To ponder little Workmanships

In Crayon, or in Wool,

With «This was last Her fingers did» —

Industrious until —

The Thimble weighed too heavy —

The stitches stopped — by themselves —

And then ‘twas put among the Dust

Upon the Closet shelves —

A Book I have — a friend gave —

Whose Pencil — here and there —

Had notched the place that pleased Him —

At Rest – His fingers are —

Now — when I read – I read not —

For interrupting Tears —

Obliterate the Etchings

To o Costly for Repairs.

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