Lyric Poem · Nature
Summer—we all have seen
Summer — we all have seen —
A few of us — believed —
A few — the more aspiring
Unquestionably loved —
But Summer does not care —
She goes her spacious way
As eligible as the moon
To our Temerity —
The Doom to be adored —
The Affluence conferred —
Unknown as to an Ecstasy
The Embryo endowed —
This poem is in the public domain.
“Summer—we all have seen” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/summer-we-all-have-seen
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