382 <br /> <br />For Death—or rather <br />For the Things 'twould buy— <br />This—put away <br />Life's Opportunity— <br /> <br />The Things that Death will buy <br />Are Room— <br />Escape from Circumstances— <br />And a Name— <br /> <br />With Gifts of Life <br />How Death's Gifts may compare— <br />We know not— <br />For the Rates—lie Here—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-death-or-rather/