by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
When roses cease to bloom, dear
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Language: English
Our translations: FRE
When roses cease to bloom, dear, And violets are done, When bumble-bees in solemn flight Have passed beyond the sun, The hand that paused to gather Upon this summer's day Will idle lie, in Auburn, -- Then take my flower, pray!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
Note for stanza 2, line 3: "Auburn" refers to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1858, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 2. Love, no. 5, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Line count: 8
Word count: 42