We thirst at first -- tis Natures Act --

Read 'We thirst at first -- tis Natures Act --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

We thirst at first -- tis Natures Act -- by Emily Dickinson

 We thirst at first -- 'tis Nature's Act --
And later -- when we die --
A little Water supplicate --
Of fingers going by --

It intimates the finer want --
Whose adequate supply
Is that Great Water in the West --
Termed Immortality --

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