First at the March -- competing with the Wind --
Her panting note exalts us -- like a friend --
Last to adhere when Summer cleaves away --
Elegy of Integrity.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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By Contrast certifying
The Bird of Birds is gone --
How nullified the Meadow --
Her Sorcerer withdrawn!
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As far as Death this way --
Of River or of Ridge beyond
Was no discovery.
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The gales -- indeed -- were done --
Alas, how heedless were the eyes --
On whom the summer shone!
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And the world -- if the world be looking on --
Will see how far from home
It is possible for sense to live
The soul there -- all the time.
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Some say that bright Majority
Of vanished Dames -- and Men!
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