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Sweet to have had them lost

By Emily Dickinson

 Sweet, to have had them lost
For news that they be saved --
The nearer they departed Us
The nearer they, restored,

Shall stand to Our Right Hand --
Most precious and the Dead --
Next precious
Those that rose to go --
Then thought of Us, and stayed.

Form: Lyric

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