The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of…

The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,— The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity.

Emily Dickinson1830–1886 · poet · 1800s USAEmily Dickinson wrote nearly 1,800 poems in Amherst, Massachusetts, in short lines full of dashes that made ordinary words feel startling and new.47 quotes

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What turned up: “The bustle in a house,” complete poem, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, XXII; Public-domain complete eight-line poem read in this historical edited text; not asserted to reproduce manuscript punctuation. Describes household activity and inward grief after death. Web text cached explicitly; di
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Sources checked: en.wikisource.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“The bustle in a house,” complete poem, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, XXII; Public-domain complete eight-line poem read in this historical edited text; not asserted to reproduce manuscript punctuation. Describes household activity and inward grief after death. Web text cached explicitly; di