Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell
Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell Be once disclosed to us The clamor for their loveliness Would burst the Loneliness --
Emily Dickinson
Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell Be once disclosed to us The clamor for their loveliness Would burst the Loneliness --
Emily Dickinson’s speaker imagines a hidden realm—a “sweet Darkness” where the dead might dwell. It’s not a frightening emptiness but something gentle, almost welcoming. She wonders what would happen if that place were suddenly revealed to us.
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