Eulogy Poem - That Short, Potential Stir by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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That Short, Potential Stir by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

That short, potential stir
That each can make but once,
That bustle so illustrious
'T is almost consequence,

Is the éclat of death.
Oh, thou unknown renown
That not a beggar would accept,
Had he the power to spurn!