Nature
The skies can't keep their secret
Nature
The skies can't keep their secret!
They tell it to the hills --
The hills just tell the orchards --
And they the daffodils!
A bird, by chance, that goes that way
Soft overheard the whole.
If I should bribe the little bird,
Who knows but she would tell?
I think I won't, however,
It's finer not to know;
If summer were an axiom,
What sorcery had snow?
So keep your secret, Father!
I would not, if I could,
Know what the sapphire fellows do,
In your new-fashioned world!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The skies can't keep their secret.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/203/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The skies can't keep their secret.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/203/.
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