Lyric Poem · Nature

Ourselves were wed one summer—dear

Ourselves were wed one summer — dear —

Your Vision — was in June —

And when Your little Lifetime failed,

I wearied — too — of mine —

And overtaken in the Dark —

Where You had put me down —

By Some one carrying a Light —

I — too — received the Sign.

'Tis true — Our Futures different lay —

Your Cottage — faced the sun —

While Oceans — and the North must be —

On every side of mine

'Tis true, Your Garden led the Bloom,

For mine — in Frosts — was sown —

And yet, one Summer, we were Queens —

But You — were crowned in June —

This poem is in the public domain.

“Ourselves were wed one summer—dear” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/ourselves-were-wed-one-summer-dear

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