The Birds rose smiling, in their nests --
The gales -- indeed -- were done --
Alas, how heedless were the eyes --
On whom the summer shone!
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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Since then 'tis centuries and yetFeels shorter than the DAY
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Light swung the silver fleeces
"Peniel" Hills beyond,
And the bewildered Gymnast
Found he had worsted God!
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me The simple News that Nature told With tender majesty.
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