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Lyric Poem · Life

Nature rarer uses Yellow

by Emily Dickinson

Nature rarer uses Yellow

Than another Hue.

Saves she all of that for Sunsets

Prodigal of Blue

Spending Scarlet, like a Woman

Yellow she affords

Only scantly and selectly

Like a Lover's Words.

This poem is in the public domain.

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