Nature

The skies can't keep their secret

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

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!

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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