Nature

Wild nights! Wild nights

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Nature

Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile the winds
To a heart in port, --
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “Wild nights! Wild nights.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/178/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “Wild nights! Wild nights.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/178/.

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