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“The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth.”

Emily Dickinson

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The Bustle in a House — Emily Dickinson
Date
1890
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Ordinary household activity after a death is portrayed as solemn work, emphasizing the practical tasks that continue while grief has only just begun.

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Poem in Poems: First Series (1890), Project Gutenberg #12242. “The Bustle in a House” is used as an editorial first-line source identifier; the poem continues from physical tasks toward putting love away for eternity.

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