Lyric Poem · Nature
A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree
A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree —
Another — on the Roof —
A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves —
And made the Gables laugh —
A few went out to help the Brook
That went to help the Sea —
Myself Conjectured were they Pearls —
What Necklace could be —
The Dust replaced, in Hoisted Roads —
The Birds jocoser sung —
The Sunshine threw his Hat away —
The Bushes — spangles flung —
The Breezes brought dejected Lutes —
And bathed them in the Glee —
Then Orient showed a single Flag,
And signed the Fete away —
This poem is in the public domain.
“A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/a-drop-fell-on-the-apple-tree
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