The Morning after Woe by Emily Dickinson
The Morning after Woe -- 'Tis frequently the Way -- Surpasses all that rose before -- For utter Jubilee --
As Nature did not care -- And piled her Blossoms on -- And further to parade a Joy Her Victim stared upon --
The Birds declaim their Tunes -- Pronouncing every word Like Hammers -- Did they know they fell Like Litanies of Lead --
On here and there -- a creature -- They'd modify the Glee To fit some Crucifixal Clef -- Some Key of Calvary --
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