Death & Dying
To venerate the simple days
Death & Dying
To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or me
They may take the trifle
Termed mortality!
To invest existence with a stately air,
Needs but to remember
That the acorn there
Is the egg of forests
For the upper air!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “To venerate the simple days.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/287/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “To venerate the simple days.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/287/.
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