'Twas warm -- at first -- like Us -- by Emily Dickinson
'Twas warm -- at first -- like Us -- Until there crept upon A Chill -- like frost upon a Glass -- Till all the scene -- be gone.
The Forehead copied Stone -- The Fingers grew too cold To ache -- and like a Skater's Brook -- The busy eyes -- congealed --
It straightened -- that was all -- It crowded Cold to Cold -- It multiplied indifference -- As Pride were all it could --
And even when with Cords -- 'Twas lowered, like a Weight -- It made no Signal, nor demurred, But dropped like Adamant.
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