Through lane it lay—through bramble—, par Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Through lane it lay—through bramble—

Through clearing and through wood—

Banditti often passed us

Upon the lonely road.

The wolf came peering curious—

The owl looked puzzled down—

The serpent’s satin figure

Glid stealthily along—

The tempests touched our garments—

The lightning’s poinards gleamed—

Fierce from the Crag above us

The hungry Vulture screamed—

The satyr’s fingers beckoned—

The valley murmured “Come”'—

These were the mates—

This was the road

Those children fluttered home.

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Through lane it lay—through bramble—

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