Religion
A shady friend for torrid days
Religion
A shady friend for torrid days
Is easier to find
Than one of higher temperature
For frigid hour of mind.
The vane a little to the east
Scares muslin souls away;
If broadcloth breasts are firmer
Than those of organdy,
Who is to blame? The weaver?
Ah! the bewildering thread!
The tapestries of paradise
So notelessly are made!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “A shady friend for torrid days.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/148/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “A shady friend for torrid days.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/148/.
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