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Saturday, September 2, 2023

Further in Summer than the Birds / Emily Dickinson


[895]

Further in Summer than the Birds –
Pathetic from the Grass –
A minor Nation celebrates
Its unobtrusive Mass.

No Ordinance be seen –
So gradual the Grace
A gentle Custom it becomes –
Enlarging Loneliness –

Antiquest felt at Noon –
When August burning low
Arise this spectral Canticle
Repose to typify –

Remit as yet no Grace –
No furrow on the Glow,
But a Druidic Difference
Enhances Nature now –

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]


Rushikesh R. Mule, Indian birds, 2015. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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2 comments:

  1. George J. DanceSeptember 2, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    This poem is taken from https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/further-in-summer-than-the-birds-895/.
    L4 originally read "It's unobtrusive Mass."

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  2. ZodSeptember 8, 2023 at 5:37 PM

    Big fan of Emily Dickinson here, good choice, good read...

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