Nature LXVII. Presentment is that long shadow on the lawn, by Emily Dickinson

Nature LXVII. Presentment is that long shadow on the lawn

LXVII

Presentment is that long shadow on the lawn

Indicative that suns go down;

The notice to the startled grass

That darkness is about to pass.

A long, long sleep, a famous sleep That makes no show for dawn By strech of limb or stir of lid,— An independent one. Was ever idleness like this?

II OUR share of night to bear, Our share of morning, Our blank in bliss to fill, Our blank in scorning.

662 Embarrassment of one another And God Is Revelation’s limit, Aloud

714 Rest at Night The Sun from shining, Nature—and some Men— Rest at Noon—some Men—

The Hills in Purple syllables The Day’s Adventures tell To little Groups of Continents Just going Home from School.

336 The face I carry with me—last— When I go out of Time— To take my Rank—by—in the West— That face—will just be thine—

The wind tapped like a tired man, And like a host, ‘Come in,’ I boldly answered; entered then My residence within A rapid, footless guest,

775 If Blame be my side’—forfeit Me’— But doom me not to forfeit Thee’— To forfeit Thee? The very name Is sentence from Belief’—and Hous…

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

620 It makes no difference abroad— The Seasons—fit—the same— The Mornings blossom into Noons— And split their Pods of Flame—

470 I am alive—I guess— The Branches on my Hand Are full of Morning Glory— And at my finger’s end—

599 There is a pain—so utter— It swallows substance up— Then covers the Abyss with Trance… So Memory can step

If you were coming in the fall, I’d brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spum, As housewives do a fly. If I could see you in a year,

Escape is such a thankful Word I often in the Night Consider it unto myself No spectacle in sight Escape - it is the Basket

XX ARCTURUS is his other name,— I ’d rather call him star! It ’s so unkind of science To go and interfere!