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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEHIND ME DIPS ETERNITY, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: And midnight to the south of her %and maelstrom in the sky
Variant Title(s): Poem: 721; Poem: 74
Last Line: And midnight to the south of her %and maelstrom in the sky
Variant Title(s): Poem: 721; Poem: 74
Behind Me - dips Eternity -
Before Me - Immortality -
Myself - the Term between -
Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray,
Dissolving into Dawn away,
Before the West begin -
'Tis Kingdoms - afterward - they say -
In perfect - pauseless Monarchy -
Whose Prince - is Son of None -
Himself - His Dateless Dynasty -
Himself - Himself diversify -
In Duplicate divine -
'Tis Miracle before Me - then -
'Tis Miracle behind - between -
A Crescent in the Sea -
With Midnight to the North of Her -
And Midnight to the South of Her -
And Maelstrom - in the Sky -
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