Did the Harebell Loose Her Girdle, por Emily Dickinson

Did the Harebell Loose Her Girdle

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Did the Harebell loose her girdle

To the lover Bee

Would the Bee the Harebell hallow

Much as formerly?

Did the “Paradise”—persuaded—

Yi eld her moat of pearl—

Would the Eden be an Eden,

Or the Earl—an Earl?

I bet with every Wind that blew Till Nature in chagrin Employed a Fact to visit me And scuttle my Balloon -

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky Superior Glory be But that Cloud and its Auxiliarie… Are forever lost to me Had I but further scanned

226 Should you but fail at—Sea— In sight of me— Or doomed lie— Next Sun—to die—

339 I tend my flowers for thee— Bright Absentee! My Fuchsia’s Coral Seams Rip—while the Sower—dreams—

High from the earth I heard a bir… He trod upon the trees As he esteemed them trifles, And then he spied a breeze, And situated softly

I started early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me. And frigates in the upper floor

724 It’s easy to invent a Life— God does it—every Day— Creation—but the Gambol Of His Authority—

408 Unit, like Death, for Whom? True, like the Tomb, Who tells no secret Told to Him—

322 There came a Day at Summer’s full… Entirely for me— I thought that such were for the… Where Resurrections—be—

853 When One has given up One’s life The parting with the rest Feels easy, as when Day lets go Entirely the West

There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take

600 It troubled me as once I was— For I was once a Child— Concluding how an Atom—fell— And yet the Heavens—held—

283 A Mien to move a Queen— Half Child—Half Heroine— An Orleans in the Eye That puts its manner by

LXVII A DEED knocks first at thought, And then it knocks at will. That is the manufacturing spot, And will at home and well.

We grow accustomed to the Dark - When light is put away - As when the Neighbor holds the La… To witness her Goodbye - A Moment - We uncertain step