A Night -- there lay the Days between

Read 'A Night -- there lay the Days between' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

A Night -- there lay the Days between by Emily Dickinson

 A Night -- there lay the Days between --
The Day that was Before --
And Day that was Behind -- were one --
And now -- 'twas Night -- was here --

Slow -- Night -- that must be watched away --
As Grains upon a shore --
Too imperceptible to note --
Till it be night -- no more --

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