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Lyric Poem · Nature

A full fed Rose on meals of Tint

by Emily Dickinson

A full fed Rose on meals of Tint

A Dinner for a Bee

In process of the Noon became -

Each bright Mortality

The Forfeit is of Creature fair

Itself, adored before

Submitting for our unknown sake

To be esteemed no more —

This poem is in the public domain.

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