Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)

poet Emily Dickinson
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Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling

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Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling—
Sometimes—scalps a Tree—
Her Green People recollect it
When they do not die—

Fainter Leaves—to Further Seasons—
Dumbly testify—
We—who have the Souls—
Die oftener—Not so vitally—

Emily Dickinson
Submitted: Thursday, January 01, 2004


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