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Lyric Poem · Nature

Like Flowers, that heard the news of Dews

by Emily Dickinson

Like Flowers, that heard the news of Dews,

But never deemed the dripping prize

Awaited their — low Brows —

Or Bees — that thought the Summer's name

Some rumor of Delirium,

No Summer — could — for Them —

Or Arctic Creatures, dimly stirred —

By Tropic Hint — some Travelled Bird

Imported to the Wood —

Or Wind's bright signal to the Ear —

Making that homely, and severe,

Contented, known, before —

The Heaven — unexpected come,

To Lives that thought the Worshipping

A too presumptuous Psalm —

This poem is in the public domain.

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