Lyric Poem · Summer
Consulting summer's clock
Consulting summer's clock,
But half the hours remain.
I ascertain it with a shock —
I shall not look again.
The second half of joy
Is shorter than the first.
The truth I do not dare to know
I muffle with a jest.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Consulting summer's clock” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/consulting-summers-clock
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