Lyric Poem · Nature
A Wind that rose
A Wind that rose
Though not a Leaf
In any Forest stirred
But with itself did cold engage
Beyond the Realm of Bird —
A Wind that woke a lone Delight
Like Separation's Swell
Restored in Arctic Confidence
To the Invisible —
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“A Wind that rose” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/a-wind-that-rose
Quick facts
- Poem
- A Wind that rose
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 9 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Short
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBA Wind that rose by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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