Poems — Third Series by Emily Dickinson, Mabel Loomis Todd

If Tolling Bell I Ask the Cause

If tolling bell I ask the cause. 'A soul has gone to God,' I'm answered in a lonesome tone; Is heaven then so sad?

That bells should joyful ring to tell A soul had gone to heaven, Would seem to me the proper way A good news should be given.

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