Lyric Poem · Nature
She slept beneath a tree
She slept beneath a tree —
Remembered but by me.
I touched her Cradle mute —
She recognized the foot —
Put on her carmine suit
And see!
This poem is in the public domain.
“She slept beneath a tree” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/she-slept-beneath-a-tree
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