Love -- is that later Thing than Death --

Love -- is that later Thing than Death -- More previous -- than Life -- Confirms it at its entrance -- And Usurps it -- of itself --

Tastes Death -- the first -- to hand the sting The Second -- to its friend -- Disarms the little interval -- Deposits Him with God --

Then hovers -- an inferior Guard -- Lest this Beloved Charge Need -- once in an Eternity -- A smaller than the Large --