We thirst at first -- 'tis Nature's Act --
We thirst at first -- 'tis Nature's Act --
Emily Dickinson
We thirst at first -- 'tis Nature's Act --
And later -- when we die --
A little Water supplicate --
Of fingers going by --
It intimates the finer want --
Whose adequate supply
Is that Great Water in the West --
Termed Immortality --
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