A coffin is a small domain [French translation]

A Coffin — is a small Domain,

Yet able to contain

A Citizen of Paradise

In it diminished Plane.

A Grave — is a restricted Breadth —

Yet ampler than the Sun —

And all the Seas He populates

And Lands He looks upon

To Him who on its small Repose

Bestows a single Friend —

Circumference without Relief —

Or Estimate — or End —

• Artist:Emily Dickinson