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Lyric Poem · Nature

Like Some Old fashioned Miracle

by Emily Dickinson

Like Some Old fashioned Miracle

When Summertime is done —

Seems Summer's Recollection

And the Affairs of June

As infinite Tradition

As Cinderella's Bays —

Or Little John — of Lincoln Green —

Or Blue Beard's Galleries —

Her Bees have a fictitious Hum —

Her Blossoms, like a Dream —

Elate us — till we almost weep —

So plausible — they seem —

Her Memories like Strains — Review —

When Orchestra is dumb —

The Violin in Baize replaced —

And Ear — and Heaven — numb —

This poem is in the public domain.

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