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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAFE IN THEIR ALABASTER CHAMBERS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Soundless as dots on a disk of snow
Subject(s): Graves; Resurrection, The
Last Line: Soundless as dots on a disk of snow
Subject(s): Graves; Resurrection, The
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers -
Untouched by Morning
And untouched by Noon -
Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection -
Rafter of satin,
And Roof of stone.
Light laughs the breeze
In her Castle above them -
Babbles the Bee in a stolid Ear,
Pipe the Sweet Birds in ignorant cadence -
Ah, what sagacity perished here!
Grand go the years in the crescent above them;
Worlds scoop their arcs, and firmaments row,
Diadems drop and Doges surrender,
Soundless as dots on a disk of snow
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