by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
As imperceptibly as grief
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As imperceptibly as grief The Summer lapsed away -- Too imperceptible, at last, To seem like Perfidy -- A Quietness distilled As Twilight long begun, Or Nature spending with herself Sequestered Afternoon -- The Dusk drew earlier in -- The morning foreign shone -- A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone -- And thus, without a Wing Or service of a Keel Our Summer made her light escape Into the Beautiful.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, first published 1891 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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