Lyric Poem · Nature
To flee from memory
To flee from memory
Had we the Wings
Many would fly
Inured to slower things
Birds with surprise
Would scan the cowering Van
Of men escaping
From the mind of man
This poem is in the public domain.
“To flee from memory” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/to-flee-from-memory
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