Nature
Who robbed the woods
Nature
Who robbed the woods,
The trusting woods?
The unsuspecting trees
Brought out their burrs and mosses
His fantasy to please.
He scanned their trinkets, curious,
He grasped, he bore away.
What will the solemn hemlock,
What will the fir-tree say?
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Who robbed the woods.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/204/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Who robbed the woods.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/204/.
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