Lyric Poem · Nature

Nature can do no more

by Emily Dickinson

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1Nature can do no more

2She has fulfilled her Dyes

3Whatever Flower fail to come

4Of other Summer days

5Her crescent reimburse

6If other Summers be

7Nature's imposing negative

8Nulls opportunity —

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Poem: Nature can do no more
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Length: 8 lines
Form: Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes: Nature, Summer, Short

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Author record: Emily Dickinson1830–1886
Source record: PoetryDBNature can do no more by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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