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Poems, Series 3
Emily Dickinson » Poems, Series 3 » XLIV. The bone that has no marrow

THE bone that has no marrow;
        What ultimate for that?
It is not fit for table,
        For beggar, or for cat.

A bone has obligations,
        A being has the same;
A marrowless assembly
        Is culpabler than shame.

But how shall finished creatures
        A function fresh obtain? --
Old Nicodemus' phantom
        Confronting us again!



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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.


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