Nature

It can't be summer, -- that got through

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Nature

It can't be summer, -- that got through;
It 's early yet for spring;
There 's that long town of white to cross
Before the blackbirds sing.

It can't be dying, -- it's too rouge, --
The dead shall go in white.
So sunset shuts my question down
With clasps of chrysolite.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “It can't be summer, -- that got through.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/233/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “It can't be summer, -- that got through.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/233/.

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