Of Brussels - it was not -
Of Kidderminster? Nay -
The Winds did buy it of the Woods -
Then - sell it unto me
It was a gentle price -
The poorest - could afford -
It was within the frugal purse
Of Beggar - or of Bird -
Of small and spicy Breadths -
In hue - a mellow Dun -
Of Sunshine - and of Sere - Composed -
But, principally - of Sun -
The Wind - unrolled it fast -
And spread it on the Ground -
Upholsterer of the Pines - is He -
Upholsterer - of the Pond.
Emily Dickinson
Musicians wrestle everywhere -
All day - among the crowded air
I hear the silver strife -
And - waking - long before the morn -
Such transport breaks upon the town
I think it that "New life"...
No Notice gave She, but a Change -
No Message, but a Sigh -
For Whom, the Time did not suffice
That She should specify.
She was not warm, though Summer shone
Nor scrupulous of cold
Though Rime by Rime...
Within my Garden, rides a Bird
Upon a single Wheel -
Whose spokes a dizzy Music make
As 'twere a travelling Mill -
He never stops, but slackens
Above the Ripest Rose -
Partakes without alighting
And p...