Lyric Poem · Nature
The fairest Home I ever knew
The fairest Home I ever knew
Was founded in an Hour
By Parties also that I knew
A spider and a Flower —
A manse of mechlin and of Floes —
This poem is in the public domain.
“The fairest Home I ever knew” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/the-fairest-home-i-ever-knew
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