The Bustle In A House (1078)

by Emily Dickinson

1. The bustle in a house
2. The morning after death
3. Is solemnest of industries
4. Enacted upon earth.

5. The sweeping up the heart
6. And putting love away
7. We shall not want to use again
8. Until eternity.


NOTES:

Other poems by Emily Dickinson...

1. Original Text: The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin in volumes (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1981; PS 1541 A1 1981 ROBA): II, 1151 (set 6c).
2. First Publication Date: 1890.
3. Composition Date: ca. 1866.

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