Lyric Poem · Love
From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
Ecstatically leap —
Beloved only Afternoon
That Prison doesn't keep
They storm the Earth and stun the Air,
A Mob of solid Bliss —
Alas — that Frowns should lie in wait
For such a Foe as this —
This poem is in the public domain.
“From all the Jails the Boys and Girls” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/from-all-the-jails-the-boys-and-girls
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