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

Part One: Life

CXIII

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.