Love
Nature rarer uses yellow
Love
Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets, --
Prodigal of blue,
Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Nature rarer uses yellow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/218/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Nature rarer uses yellow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/218/.
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