History & Politics
On the bleakness of my lot
History & Politics
On the bleakness of my lot
Bloom I strove to raise.
Late, my acre of a rock
Yielded grape and maize.
Soil of flint if steadfast tilled
Will reward the hand;
Seed of palm by Lybian sun
Fructified in sand.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “On the bleakness of my lot.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/307/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “On the bleakness of my lot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/307/.
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