Lyric Poem · Peace
Angels, in the early morning
Angels, in the early morning
May be seen the Dews among,
Stooping — plucking — smiling — flying —
Do the Buds to them belong?
Angels, when the sun is hottest
May be seen the sands among,
Stooping — plucking — sighing — flying —
Parched the flowers they bear along.
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“Angels, in the early morning” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/angels-in-the-early-morning
Quick facts
- Poem
- Angels, in the early morning
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Peace, Nature, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- End rhyme
- No regular perfect end rhyme. The poem may still be using slant rhyme, assonance, or internal echo, which this check does not score.
- Line length
- Mostly 8-syllable lines (tetrameter length).
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBAngels, in the early morning by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 55d42897770ebcaa…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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